Nortish religious houses/Reform
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A religious house in Great Nortend and the Church of Nortend is a religious corporation formed by charter and community of professed men or women who live according according to a rule. Great Nortend has a long and unbroken history of religious life dating back to Sulthey Abbey founded in the 8th century by St. Laurence in 751, two years after the foundation of the church and See of Sulthey. There are currently as of 2020 623 religious houses in Great Nortend under the auspices of the Church of Nortend, with a total of approximately 10,000 members.[1]
In modern days, houses are divided between the monasteries and the convents, the former living a mostly enclosed life and the latter living „in the world”. Monastics and conventuals both have their principal daily duties to be attending to divine service and prayer, and otherwise dedicate themselves to alms-giving, charity, study and care-giving. As a result of the Church Reforms, Nortish religious do not take solemn vows and may leave the religious life for just cause.
- ↑ Telling Roll, His Majesty's Exchequery, 17 Alex. II.