Order of Preachers

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The Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious order
clerical religious institute of pontifical right
mendicant order
activity itinerant preaching
parish ministry
spiritual direction
teaching in schools and universities
theological research
approvedBy Pope Honorius III
coatOfArms black and white cross fleury with star and dog with torch
commonName Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order
continentOfActivity Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
countryOfOrigin France
educationalFocus philosophy
theology
university studies
foundedBy Saint Dominic
founder Saint Dominic
surface form: Dominic de Guzmán
foundingDate 1216
foundingPapalBull Religiosam vitam
governingBody General Chapter of the Order of Preachers
habitColor white habit with black cappa
hasBranch Dominican friars
Dominican nuns
Dominican nuns
surface form: Dominican sisters

Lay Dominicans
hasDistinctiveRite Dominican Rite
hasFemaleBranch Dominican nuns
surface form: Second Order (Dominican nuns)
hasLayBranch Third Order of Saint Dominic
surface form: Third Order (Lay Dominicans)
headedBy Master of the Order of Preachers
headquartersLocation Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy
historicalContextOfFoundation Albigensian Crusade
liturgicalTradition Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
memberDesignation Dominican friar
Dominican layperson
Dominican nun
Dominican sister
mission preaching for the salvation of souls
motto Veritas
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoMeaning Truth
namedAfter Saint Dominic
notableMember Albert the Great
Bartolomé de las Casas
Catherine of Siena
Girolamo Savonarola
Meister Eckhart
Saint Raymond of Penyafort
surface form: Raymond of Peñafort

St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

Vincent Ferrer
notableTheologicalTradition Thomism
patronSaint Saint Dominic
primaryCharism preaching
teaching
theological scholarship
regionOfOrigin Languedoc
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Roman Rite
shortName O.P.
symbol dog with torch
lily
star over Saint Dominic
typeOfSpirituality Thomistic spirituality
scholastic spirituality
vows chastity
obedience
poverty

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Jerome Murphy-O’Connor memberOf Order of Preachers
Bernardo Gui memberOf Order of Preachers
Jean-Marie Perrin memberOf Order of Preachers
Tomás de Torquemada memberOf Order of Preachers
Bartolomé de las Casas memberOf Order of Preachers
Diego de Deza memberOf Order of Preachers
Jacques Clément memberOf Order of Preachers
O.P. standsFor Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Ordo Praedicatorum
O.P. standsForEnglish Order of Preachers
O.P. denotesMembershipIn Order of Preachers
Royal Cloister associatedWith Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Order of Saint Dominic
Saint Margaret of Hungary religiousOrder Order of Preachers
Supplementum associatedWith Order of Preachers
Edward Schillebeeckx memberOf Order of Preachers
Saint Martin de Porres memberOf Order of Preachers