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Also known as: Black Friar, O.P., Order of Friars Preachers, Order of Preachers
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Byname:
Black Friar
Member of the:
Order of Friars Preachers
Also called:
Order of Preachers (O.P.)
Date:
1215 - present
Headquarters:
Rome
Areas Of Involvement:
mendicant
friar
preaching
Related People:
Fra Angelico
St. Dominic
Henri Lacordaire
John of Saint Thomas
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Dominican, one of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic Church, founded by St. Dominic in 1215. Its members include friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay Dominicans. From the beginning the order has been a synthesis of the contemplative life and the active ministry. The members live a community life, and a careful balance is maintained between democratically constituted chapters, or legislative assemblies, and strong but elected superiors. In contrast to the monastic orders that predated it, the Dominican order was not a collection of autonomous houses; it was an army of priests, organized in provinces under a ...(100 of 604 words)

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