Vow of Enclosure

Religious promise made by some Poor Clares

The vow of enclosure is a religious vow made by some branches of the Poor Clares in addition to the three vows of obedience, poverty and chastity.^[1]

The sisters known as "extern sisters" (or "externs") do not make this additional vow in order to be able to handle some of the community's needs outside the papal enclosure.

The Poor Clares constitute the second branch of the Order of Friars Minor, founded in the thirteenth century by Clare of Assisi under the inspiration of Francis of Assisi.^[2]

References

^ "Poor Clare vow of enclosure". www.thepoorclares.org. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
^ "Poor Clare | religious order". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-06-06.

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