Religious Priests Research Articles

The Ministry of Disciples: Historical Reflections on the Role of Religious Priests

There is an old maxim of the Fathers that is still current—though I cannot repeat it without a touch of shame, since I have not been able to avoid my own sister, nor escape the bishop's hands—namely, that a monk ought by all means to fly from women and bishops. For neither of them will allow a person who has once become bound to them by ties of familiarity to care, any longer, for the quiet of his cell, or to continue with pure eyes in divine contemplation, rapt in his vision of holy things.

The loyalty of Roman Catholic religious priests as a function of perceived level of interpersonal communication

The loyalty of Roman Catholic religious priests as a function of perceived level of interpersonal communication

A Typology of Occupational Patterns of Roman Catholic Religious Priests in Mid‐Life

Counseling and ValuesVolume 24, Issue 1 p. 16-24 A Typology of Occupational Patterns of Roman Catholic Religious Priests in Mid-Life RICHARD J. MUCOWSKI, RICHARD J. MUCOWSKI Richard Mucowski is affiliated with the Siena College in Loudonville, New York.Search for more papers by this author RICHARD J. MUCOWSKI, RICHARD J. MUCOWSKI Richard Mucowski is affiliated with the Siena College in Loudonville, New York.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1979 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-007X.1979.tb01178.xCitations: 2 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume24, Issue1October 1979Pages 16-24 RelatedInformation

The aging religious priest.

Journal Article The Aging Religious Priest Get access J. Elliott MacGuigan, JCD J. Elliott MacGuigan, JCD Professor of Canon Law 1Regis CollegeWillowdale, Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Gerontologist, Volume 12, Issue 1_Part_1, Spring 1972, Pages 19–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/12.1_Part_1.19 Published: 01 March 1972

The Code of the Catholic Clergy

Priests are divided into two categories, diocesan and religious respectively, whose status and obligations differ in important respects.2 Diocesan priests are attached to a particular diocese and are subject to the local bishop; religious priests are members of a religious community-the Jesuits, Franciscans, and Benedictines are examples -and they are subject to superiors who are officials of the community. Diocesan priests possess private property like ordinary citizens, whereas religious priests either renounce private property entirely or at least renounce the administration and private use of it, in either case living in community from a common fund. By and large, the chief