State (religious life)

In Christianity, the word state may be taken to signify a profession or calling in life. St. Paul says, in I Corinthians 7:20: "Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called".^[1] States are classified in the Catholic Church as the clerical state, the religious state, and the secular state; and among religious states, again, we have those of the contemplative, the active, and the mixed orders.^[2]

See also[edit]

• Catholic religious order
• Consecrated life
• Diocesan priest
• Religious minister
• Secular clergy
• Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church

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