Fraternity

This article explains the monastic household; the fraternity of people with disabilities is explained under Intercontinental Christian Fellowship for People with Health Disabilities .

A fraternity (from Latin fratérnitas "brotherhood") describes in the more recent language of Christian churches the monastic household of a religious community or spiritual community . As a rule, fraternities live in apartments in normal residential buildings and have socially-charitable tasks. In particular, the religious communities and secular institutes that go back to Charles de Foucauld refer to their branches as fraternities, but the use of language has also influenced other religious communities, such as the Franciscans , who know fraternities in conventional monasteries and other forms of living.

See also

• Orthodox fraternity in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ^ Herbert Schneider : The Franciscans in the German-speaking area. Life and goals. Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1988, ISBN 3-87163-151-0 , p. 14.
2. ↑ franziskaner.net: Fraternity

literature

• Karl Suso Frank: Fraternity . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 4 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995.