Are there only 4 religious orders?

[porthos11]

I read this:

Religious Order: a religious community living according to a Rule and with solemn vows, approved before the Council of Trent (1545‑1563). There are only 4: Dominicans, Benedictines, Franciscans, Carmelites.

Here: Vocations By Rev. William Doyle S.J.

Is it true?

Five. Augustinians.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I agree with porthos11 and the other guy who said Augustinians were left out.

Can anybody answer the question of why Jesuits were left out? They appear to fit the criteria, as some of them did take solemn vows when they were founded.

 

[tomo_pomo]

all of the orders we have today belong under one of these more broad 5 orders?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

all of the orders we have today belong under one of these more broad 5 orders?

No. Did you read the thread?

The Church in the 20th century muddied the distinction for the term “religious orders” and finally as of 1983, stopped using the term “religious order” at all.

The term “religious order” today is used informally to refer to all kinds of different religious congregations. It is no longer a formal term used by the Church. It no longer means what Doyle defined it as meaning, in the book you cite, which was published in the early 1900s.

 

[Genesis315]

Can anybody answer the question of why Jesuits were left out? They appear to fit the criteria, as some of them did take solemn vows when they were founded.

I think it is because they were abolished and then re-founded, making the current incarnation technically a post-Trent creation.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

That makes sense. I forgot about them being abolished. Thank you.