Dominican friars

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Catholic religious order member mendicant friar religious brother

Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.

Aliases (7)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic religious order member → mendicant friar → religious brother →
apostolate	missionary work → parish ministry → spiritual direction → university teaching →
associatedWith	Dominican laity → Dominican nuns → Dominican sisters →
canBe	cooperator brothers → ordained priests →
constitutions	Constitutions of the Order of Preachers →
denomination	Roman Catholic Church →
educationalFocus	philosophy → theology →
foundedBy	Saint Dominic →
founder	Dominic de Guzmán →
foundingDate	1216 →
foundingPlace	Toulouse →
gender	male →
globalPresence	international →
governedBy	Master of the Order of Preachers →
hasProperRite	Dominican Rite →
lifestyle	community life → itinerant preaching →
liturgy	Roman Rite →
memberOf	Order of Preachers →
mendicantOrder	yes →
mission	preaching for the salvation of souls →
motto	Veritas →
notableTheologianTradition	Albert the Great → Catherine of Siena → Thomas Aquinas →
patronSaint	Saint Dominic →
primaryCharism	preaching → teaching → theological scholarship →
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church →
religiousOrder	Order of Preachers →
ruleFollowed	Rule of Saint Augustine →
spiritualityTradition	Thomism → scholasticism →
typeOfClergy	regular clergy →
vocationType	religious life →
vows	chastity → obedience → poverty →
wearsHabit	black cappa → white habit →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dominican friars ("Order of Preachers") → St. Thomas Aquinas ("Order of Preachers") → St. Thomas Aquinas ("Dominican Order") →	memberOf
Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette ("Dominican Order") → Dominican friars ("Order of Preachers") → Spanish America ("Dominicans") →	religiousOrder
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers →	appliesTo
Dominican nuns →	associatedWith
Roman Catholic Church in Peru ("Dominicans") →	associatedWithReligiousOrder
Latin West ("Dominicans") →	dominantMendicantOrders
University of Havana →	foundedBy
Dominican friars ("Master of the Order of Preachers") →	governedBy
Catholic Church in France ("Dominicans in France") →	hasReligiousOrders
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers ("Dominican provinces worldwide") →	inForceIn
Catholic universities ("Dominicans") →	mayBeSponsoredBy
Catholic Church in the Americas ("Dominicans") →	missionaryOrder
Cochimí people ("Dominicans") →	missionizationBy
Blackfriars ("Dominican friars (Black Friars)") →	namedAfter
Dominican Rite →	primaryUsers