Generally through the history of the church there are two types of priests: religious priests, and secular priests.
Religious priests belong to some kind of an order, like Franciscan, Benedictine, and take the three vows common to all religious orders: poverty, chastity, and obedience. They are, capital R, "Religious."
Generally through the history of the church there are two types of priests: religious priests, and secular priests.
Religious priests belong to some kind of an order, like Franciscan, Benedictine, and take the three vows common to all religious orders: poverty, chastity, and obedience. They are, capital R, "Religious."
Secular priests do not take the three vows, though all in the Latin Rite take vows of chastity, and they all make a promise of obedience to their bishop, when they are ordained and incardinated, or placed in a particular diocese under a particular bishop. But they normally do not make a vow of poverty. These are your "normal" parish priests, vicars, etc.
The FSSP, like other traditional religious orders - from what I understand - are sort of a hybrid. They are not incarndinated or placed in a particular diocese, and while they belong to an organization, it is not a (capital "R") Religious organization with the three vows.
Generally through the history of the church there are two types of priests: religious priests, and secular priests.
Religious priests belong to some kind of an order, like Franciscan, Benedictine, and take the three vows common to all religious orders: poverty, chastity, and obedience. They are, capital R, "Religious."
Secular priests do not take the three vows, though all in the Latin Rite take vows of chastity, and they all make a promise of obedience to their bishop, when they are ordained and incardinated, or placed in a particular diocese under a particular bishop. But they normally do not make a vow of poverty. These are your "normal" parish priests, vicars, etc.
The FSSP, like other traditional religious orders - from what I understand - are sort of a hybrid. They are not incarndinated or placed in a particular diocese, and while they belong to an organization, it is not a (capital "R") Religious organization with the three vows.
Oh, I see. Thank you very much. This is something that definitely needs expanding in the article.
Nice to see your name in the comment section, Andrew!