Carmelites - Origin and early history

The Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, or Carmelite Order (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. after 1185) on Mount Carmel, Israel, whence the order receives its name. Carmelites - Origin and early history. Carmelite tradition traces the origin of the Order to a community of hermits on Mount Carmel that succeeded the schools of the prophets in ancient Israel, although there are no cer ...

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• Carmelites - Origin and early history
• Carmelites - Habit and scapular
• Carmelites - Reforms within the order
• Carmelites - Controversies with other orders
• Carmelites - Present status

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The original rule of the order was now changed to conform to that of the mendicant orders on the initiative of Simon Stock and at the command of Pope Innocent IV. Their former habit of a mantle with black and white or brown and white stripes was discarded, and they wore the same habit as the Dominican, except that the cloak was white. They also borrowed much from the Dominican and Franciscans rules. Their distinctive garment was a scapular of two strips of gray cloth, worn on the breast and back, and fastened at the shoulders. This, accordin ...

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Carmelites, Carmelites - Origin and early history, Carmelites - Habit and scapular, Carmelites - Reforms within the order, Carmelites - Controversies with other orders, Carmelites - Present status

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