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Baguette
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They were monks right? Are they also ordained priest?
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JulianN
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About 100 of them are ordained priests. They’re the only ones who can say Mass.
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Brendan
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They were Religious Brothers, not monks. Monks reside in a Monastery.
If any received Sacerdotal Holy Orders, then yes, they could say Mass. But that is separate from being in religious vows.
I have no information either way, but I highly doubt that many of them sought Holy Orders.
If any received Sacerdotal Holy Orders, then yes, they could say Mass. But that is separate from being in religious vows.
I have no information either way, but I highly doubt that many of them sought Holy Orders.
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OraLabora
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Not all monks are ordained as priests. Our Benedictine community has 27 monks, but only about 15 are ordained as priests. The others are vowed religious, but not priests, and thus cannot offer Mass.
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JerryZ
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Your reply prompted me to do some research on them and it seems that you were not completely correct.
Although they have the word “brother” in their name they actually lived in a Monastery even though they were not technically Monks. Yet their order is very old (3rd Crusade) and at the time the only type of structure that existed was the Monastery.
They came from Germany and provided health care to the Knights from those lands in Jerusalem. Their name is: “Ordo Fratrum Domus Hospitalis Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum in Jerusalem” or “Ordo teutonicus”. Their ranks apparently also consisted of fighting Knights since they did carry out defensive and offensive campaigns both in the Holy Land and Northern Europe.
Thanks for the inspiration to read up on them.
By the way “Convents” where “Brothers” and “Sisters” orders live came into existence at the end of the Middle Ages.
Although they have the word “brother” in their name they actually lived in a Monastery even though they were not technically Monks. Yet their order is very old (3rd Crusade) and at the time the only type of structure that existed was the Monastery.
They came from Germany and provided health care to the Knights from those lands in Jerusalem. Their name is: “Ordo Fratrum Domus Hospitalis Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum in Jerusalem” or “Ordo teutonicus”. Their ranks apparently also consisted of fighting Knights since they did carry out defensive and offensive campaigns both in the Holy Land and Northern Europe.
Thanks for the inspiration to read up on them.
By the way “Convents” where “Brothers” and “Sisters” orders live came into existence at the end of the Middle Ages.
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