Trinitarian order

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Flag cross of the Trinitarian Order
St. Johannes von Matha, founder of the order
St. Felix von Valois, co-founder

The Trinitarian Order , (completely Latin Ordo Sanctissimae Trinitatis redemptionis captivorum , Order of the Most Holy Trinity and the Redemption of Prisoners , Order Abbreviation OSsT); is an order in the Roman Catholic Church . It originated at the turn of the 13th century and was originally a monastic order that was supposed to devote itself to the spiritual fight against Islam . The Trinitarians, an order of nuns founded in 1236, belong to it . A third order also emerged from the Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity. The female branch also includes other regulated communities of religious sisters that have emerged from the third order (order abbreviation: HHTT).

General

The naming in the 13th century is explained by the theological discussion of the Islamic rejection of a threefold image of God, with which Frankish knights and Parisian theologians came into contact in the course of the Crusades and against which the order was supposed to turn. For the founders of the order it was necessary to defend the faith in the Holy Trinity against temptations and to stand up for it. The Trinitarians wear a white habit with a red and blue cross and a black coat.

history

The order was founded in 1198 by Johannes von Matha (1154-1213) and Felix von Valois (1127-1212) in Cerfroid near Paris . Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) approved in 1198 the rules of the order drawn up by the Parisian bishop Eudes de Sully (Odo von Sully) and the abbot Absalon von St. Viktor in Paris . The founding idea was the ransom and exchange of Christian prisoners and slaves who were in the hands of the Saracens . The religious community also worked in pastoral care and nursing and spread through France to Italy and Spain . In 1236 nuns joined the order. In 1609 the Trinitarians were converted into a mendicant order . Since then they have been among the Augustinian orders , whose rule they adopted. In 1634 Pope Urban VIII approved the rule of the Spanish Trinitarian Sisters (Hermanas Trinitarias) , which was also adopted by the sister communities of the Trinitarian family that were founded later.

After Austria Trinitarians came in 1688; the religious offices there were given up in 1783. The order did not return to Austria until 1900. Today he has two branches in Vienna and Mödling (Discalced Trinitarians, Husarentempelgasse 1 and 4). The order members are also active overseas.

structure

In the Trinitarian Order, the superior is designated as Minister General (currently this office is held by Father Jose Narlay), assisted by the Vicar and President of the Secretariat, the Treasurer, the Head of the Order's Chancellery , the Head of the Apostolic Secretariat, the Postulator General and the General Secretary . Today around 600 Trinitarians live in 17 countries around the world and, in the spirit of the founders, endeavor to be a companion to forgotten and betrayed fellow Christians in marginalized groups.

The order is divided into seven provinces, three vicariates and two religious delegations and is represented in the following countries: Italy, Spain, France, Poland , Austria , United States , Canada , Mexico , Guatemala , Puerto Rico , Colombia, Brazil , Peru , Bolivia , Chile , Argentina , India , South Korea , Madagascar , Gabon and Congo . The Generalate has its seat in Rome and takes care of the pastoral care of the parish of St. Thomas in Formis. The General Curia of the Order publishes the monthly “Communion”.

Trinitarian family

The union of the individual parts of the order is the family of the Trinitarians , to it belong the religious men, the religious women of the Tritiniarians and the third order. The female branch consists of a contemplative order in Spain and a sister order each in France, Italy and Spain.

Saints of the Trinitarian Order

See also

Web links

Commons : Order of the Trinitarian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Letter from Pope John Paul II on the 800th anniversary of the Trinitarians rule (June 7, 1998) [1] (English)
  2. COMUNION Nº 16, General Curia, OSST, Rome, December 2013 [2]
  3. Female religious congregations of the Trinitarians: Spain [3] , Rome [4] , Lyon [5] , Valencia [6]
  4. See, for example, for Peru: Primitivo Zabaleta Armendía, Ángel García Rodríguez: Fundación del monasterio de Trinitarias Descalzas de Lima, año 1682 . In: Trinitarium. Revista de historia y espiritualidad trinitaria , vol. 20 (2011), pp. 79–112.
  5. Beatificación de Juan Bautista de la Concepcion y Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña , HOMILIA del Santo Padre Pablo VI., 25 de mayo de 1975 [7]