public association of the faithful

C17409
concept

A public association of the faithful is a Church-recognized group of Catholics, clerical or lay, established or approved by ecclesiastical authority to pursue a specific apostolic, charitable, or spiritual mission in the name of the Church.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
public association of the faithful canonical 8
religious association of the faithful 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: public association of the faithful
Generated description
A public association of the faithful is a Church-recognized group of Catholics, clerical or lay, established or approved by ecclesiastical authority to pursue a specific apostolic, charitable, or spiritual mission in the name of the Church.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Apostleship of Prayer
Third Order of the Society of Saint Pius X
Third Order of Saint Francis
Secular Franciscans
Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
SFO
surface form: Secular Franciscan Order
TOSSPX religious association of the faithful
Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary
Lay Missionaries of Charity