Do we have nuns? I've never seen them at my church
2007-12-07 10:09:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No
2007-12-07 10:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by Big Daddy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First I am not a protestant, but I used to be one technicaly.
I used to be episcopalian but I am now Orthodox.
The short ansewer about protestant nuns and monks is it depends on the protestants but usualy no. You might find some Anglican or episcopalian nuns and monks as there have tradtionaly been some Anglicans who sought to emulate the Orthodox or Catholic church. As for the rest of protestantims the ansewer would be no as the protestant movement in gernal regects anything they feel are to Catholic and would consider an ascetic life style like that lived by a nun or a monk to be "salvation through works". Many early had issues with the book of James and depated about including it in the scripture becuse of the lines -faith with out works is dead -and confess your sins to one another so you may be healed.
2007-12-07 18:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lutherans do have Deaconesses, which are very much like Roman Catholic Nuns, not married and all.
I was born in a Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, where the Deaconesses where mostly an order of nurses.
Other than that one hosital and my home church, I've never met or seen any other Lutheran Deaconesses.
Pastor Art
2007-12-07 18:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not they aren't even Biblical. Except for my wife "nun" in the morning "nun" at night! Does that make me a priest?
2007-12-07 18:21:28 · answer #4 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuns are in the Catholic church. Protestants do not have nuns.
2007-12-07 18:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was a Christian for many years and I know there used to be Anglican nuns.
2007-12-07 18:18:52 · answer #6 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we do not. Orthodox and Catholics have nuns. Protestants do not have nuns or monks --- for one reason because we don't require that people be unmarried in order to be ordained.
2007-12-07 18:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by KL 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are women in religious orders in the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, as well as in Ecumenical Orders.
2007-12-07 22:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by Renata 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protestants wanted the right to wear condoms. Crazy people!
2007-12-07 18:15:50 · answer #9 · answered by glimpus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protestants do not have nuns.
2007-12-07 18:13:17 · answer #10 · answered by Tessa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-12-10 12:06:07 · answer #11 · answered by I Love Jesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋