The intended purpose for such enclosure is to prevent distraction from prayer and the religious life and to keep an atmosphere of silence. Outsiders may only temporarily enter this area under certain conditions (for example, if they are candidates for the order, doctors or craftsmen). This separation may involve physical barriers such as walls and grilles (that is, a literal cloister), with entry restricted for other people and certain areas exclusively permitted to the members of the convent. It is practised with a variety of customs according to the nature and charism of the community in question.
EXAMPLES OF DOM OF RELIGION CODE
In the Catholic Church, enclosure is regulated by the code of canon law, either the Latin code or the Oriental code, and also by the constitutions of the specific order. Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (the Carmelite monks).Įnclosed religious orders or cloistered clergy are religious orders whose members strictly separate themselves from the affairs of the external world. Through the grille one can view into the choir. Discalced Carmelites convent of Santa Teresa de Jesús in Buenos Aires. Christian religious orders separated from the external worldĪn enclosed nun.
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