Protestant Monks and Nuns?

Question

Have you heard of the ecumenical Evangelical Sisters of Mary (Canaan), the LutheranSt Augustine's House, the ecumenical Benedictines,the Monks of Taize, the different Lutheran andAnglican/Episcopalian orders? What do you think?

Dear Sugar,
Why the aggression? Most Protestants and catholics don't know about these charisms in Prostestantis. Many Protestants I know think that "monkery" is idolatrous and unprotestant and they need to be informed. They are the ones to get huffy at,ma chere,not me. I think Protestant monks,nuns and celibate religious are a wonderful help to the body of Christ!

Answer 1

Yes.

I understand Anglicans have Monks and Nuns. So do Lutherans. More so in Eastern Europe, but also in the west.

In Lutheran Church Canada, and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, we have the Diaconate. The Diaconate is made up of lay men and women who have dedicated their life to the service of the Lord. They have received special training in various fields, some of which are Lay Ministry, administration, teaching, mission work, etc. These people are free to marry.

Answer 2

perhaps with the aid of fact Protestantism replaced into based with the aid of a defected monk (Martin Luther) who married a defected nun (Katharina von Bora) ...? yet those days, back, there are Protestant priests and nuns, although of path not as many as interior the Catholic and Orthodox church homes. In Sweden we've countless Lutheran monasteries (basically the final many years, after 4 hundred years of no monasteries in Sweden), and positively there is now additionally one evangelical monastery, based with the aid of a pentecostal pastor some years in the past!

Answer 3

yes. and? so what? nobody else can devote their lives to the service of God except Roman Catholics? they serve in countries all over the world, helping the poor, feeding the hungry,sheltering the homeless, educating, and providing health care, innoculations, orphanages, and a host of other ways of showing God's love. there go those terrible Protestant Christians again.