Reform of a Religious Order

Reform of a religious order is the return of the order from a mitigated or relaxed observance to the rigour of its primitive rule.[1] An example of this includes the Cluniac Reforms.

References

  1. ↑  Huddleston, Gilbert (1913). "Reform of a Religious Order". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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