The monastic orders that follow the Rule of Saint Benedict or a strict contemplative variant of it: the Benedictines, the Cistercians, the Trappists and the Carthusians. An order belongs here when its cited article describes a Western Christian monastic order living in enclosed communities under a rule. It excludes the mendicant friars, the active teaching and missionary congregations and the monastic orders of Asia.
All Contemplative Monastic Orders of the West
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Benedictines (Wikipedia)
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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Carthusians (Wikipedia)
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The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (Latin: Ordo Cartusiensis), are an enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church.
Cistercians (Wikipedia)
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The Cistercians (), or the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.
Trappists (Wikipedia)
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The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Latin: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians.
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