BROTHERHOODS, RELIGIOUS

formation orders whose members have devotec mem themselves to a life of religious effort came Religious orders existed among th of pagans and the Jews before the time o organ i Christ, and it is believed that Chris The was Himself a member of one of thes The orders during His earlier life, In Chris and tian Europe, however, regularly inc or 1873, porated orders of this kind did not appeai rival before the tenth century, when St Union. Anthony and later St. Benedict drey marked up rules for their self-government Debs There were also two cla es of these orders made the regular clergy, and the monks BroThe latter were at first regarded as mer est a blay men, but during the eighth century they were gradually accorded the sam« and status as the clergy. Most of the brother hoods are found among the Catholics not but there are many orders attached t the Eastern Church, which adhere to th rules of St. Basil. Brotherhoods ar general also connected with the Church o England, or Protestant Episcopal Churcl Generally in this country, but in these the rule attitude are le strict, either being adapted o spend newly formulated. A common featur Most of all the rules is a year’s probation o1 to the part of the novice, after which hi disability binds himself to a life of poverty com chastity and obedience to the superio be brother. There are in the United State and at the present time about 80 brother in hoods established.