 Novice - Other meanings: Encyclopedia - NoviceA novice in Catholic law and tradition, is a prospective member of a religious order who is being tried and being proven for suitability of admission to a religious order of brothers, sisters or monks.
Novices are not admitted to vows until they have successfully completed the prescribed period of training and proving, called the novitiate.
Earlier, different orders followed their own rules governing the length and conditions of the novitiate. However, in response to the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Tren ...
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