2006-11-18 16:41:58 · 8 answers · asked by GodLess American 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It depends on the Order. Most take vows of celibacy, obedience and poverty. Benedictines take vows of obedience, stability (to one place) and conversion of manner. The last one includes many things including celibacy and poverty. Nuns live in community and own all things in common. They have a leader, called an Abbess, and she is seen as Christ in the community. Each Order has a book of Rules that they all follow. The Benedictine follow the Rule of St. Benedict.
Many people confuse the term sister with nun and think they are all the same thing. A nun, correctly, is a women who lives in a cloistered community. A sister is one who is part of a Mendicant order, like the Franciscans.
2006-11-18 16:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nun
2006-11-19 00:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And who says nuns can't have sex?
:-)
2006-11-19 00:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by GODZILLA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than being doctors, teachers, nurses, social workers...
I don't know.
But dedicating yourself completely to Christ does not mean having limitations...quite the contrary.
2006-11-19 00:46:43 · answer #4 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How to solve the problem like Maria
2006-11-19 00:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NUN
2006-11-19 01:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by Just So 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well they are not supposed to speed or use cuss words.
2006-11-19 00:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by Augie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
showing their hair.
2006-11-19 00:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋