form of association of the faithful

C20519
concept

A form of association of the faithful is a structured way in which baptized believers unite to pursue specific spiritual, charitable, or apostolic purposes within the life and mission of the Church.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Catholic lay association 8
Catholic confraternity 4
Catholic laity community 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: form of association of the faithful
Generated description
A form of association of the faithful is a structured way in which baptized believers unite to pursue specific spiritual, charitable, or apostolic purposes within the life and mission of the Church.

Instances (15)

Instance Via concept surface
Marist Laity Catholic lay association
pia unio
surface form: Pia unio
Third Order of the Society of Saint Pius X Catholic lay association
Oblates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest lay association in the Catholic Church
Holy Name of Jesus
surface form: Confraternity of the Holy Name
Catholic confraternity
Hispanic Catholics Catholic laity community
Pio Monte della Misericordia confraternity Catholic confraternity
Community of Sant'Egidio Catholic lay association
Marian scapular confraternity Catholic confraternity
Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms Catholic confraternity
Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic lay association
Lay Dominicans Catholic lay association
Augustinian lay fraternities Catholic lay association
Communion and Liberation (associated)
surface form: Communion and Liberation
lay ecclesial movement
Lay Missionaries of Charity Catholic lay association