They take vows of Chastity, Poverty and obedience.
The Laity.
The First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church consists of: * 1. Us (the Laity) * 2. People that are ministers in the Church (the Clergy)
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The clergy comprised the First Estate in France before the revolution and the Lords Spiritual in England.
The Roman Catholic church is governed from the Vatican, a politically independant city-state within Rome, Italy. This is considered the head of the Church because it is where the Pope and most cardinals (high-ranking clergy) reside.
William Bradford was a Puritan, a member of the Church of England or Anglican Church. The Anglican Church considers itself "reformed Catholic", not Protestant, in that its clergy trace their ordination back through Catholic succession to the Apostles. It is not, however, Roman Catholic, as it is not under the authority of the Roman Pope. The Puritans were quite intolerant toward Roman Catholics.
While similar to the Catholic religion, they are not Catholic as they do not accept the authority of the pope and also allow for married clergy.
Roman Cholij has written: 'Theodore the Stoudite' 'Clerical celibacy in East and West' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Celibacy, Clergy, Orthodox Eastern Church
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There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
The Roman Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was organized just about the same as it is today. The clergy were divided into two groups, the regular and the secular. The regular clergy were monks and abbots, who lived in monasteries. The secular clergy were the deacons, priests, and bishops who served the secular people around them.The Pope was the most important person in the Roman Catholic Church, and was at its head.Regular clergy were organized according to the regulations of their orders. There was sometimes a master or grand master at the top, who answered to the pope. The abbeys and monasteries were headed by abbots, and most of the people in them were monks.The highest bishops other than the pope were cardinals, who elected popes as they were needed. Below them were archbishops and below them were bishops. The bishops had priests below them, and at the bottom of the ordained secular clergy were deacons. The position of archdeacon was not universal, and was a priest between the bishop and other priests.It was organized as the following from lowest to highest power:priestsbishopsarchbishopscardinalsPope