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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19485" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19485" /> == | ||
<p> One of the four tribes of Mendicants, or begging friars; so named from Mount Carmel, formerly inhabited by Elias, Elisha, and the children of the prophets; from whom this order pretends to descend in uninterrupted succession. Their habit was at first white; but the pope [[Honorius]] | <p> One of the four tribes of Mendicants, or begging friars; so named from Mount Carmel, formerly inhabited by Elias, Elisha, and the children of the prophets; from whom this order pretends to descend in uninterrupted succession. Their habit was at first white; but the pope [[Honorius]] IV. commanded them to change it for that of the Minims. They wear no linen shirts, but, instead of them, linsey-wolsey. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69983" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69983" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A monastic order, originally an association of hermits on Mount Carmel, at length mendicant, called the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, <i> i. e </i> . the Virgin, in consecration to whom it was founded by a pilgrim of the name Berthold, a Calabrian, in 1156. The Order is said to have existed from the days of Elijah. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30336" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30336" /> == | ||
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Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
One of the four tribes of Mendicants, or begging friars; so named from Mount Carmel, formerly inhabited by Elias, Elisha, and the children of the prophets; from whom this order pretends to descend in uninterrupted succession. Their habit was at first white; but the pope Honorius IV. commanded them to change it for that of the Minims. They wear no linen shirts, but, instead of them, linsey-wolsey.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A monastic order, originally an association of hermits on Mount Carmel, at length mendicant, called the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, i. e . the Virgin, in consecration to whom it was founded by a pilgrim of the name Berthold, a Calabrian, in 1156. The Order is said to have existed from the days of Elijah.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Carmelites'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/carmelites.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
