{"id":7857,"date":"2024-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:47:49","slug":"do-protestant-churches-have-nuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/do-protestant-churches-have-nuns\/","title":{"rendered":"Les \u00e9glises protestantes ont-elles des religieuses ? Oui, les anglicans et certains luth\u00e9riens en ont"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes, some do. Anglican churches have had communities of sisters under vows since 1845. Lutheran and Reformed Christians founded sisterhoods of their own, mostly in Germany and Switzerland, and many Protestant churches once had deaconess communities of unmarried women. Most Baptist, evangelical and other free churches have no nuns. The word these women use for one another is older than any of their orders. At the end of his letter to the Romans, Paul commends &quot;our sister Phoebe, a servant\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, some do. Anglican churches have had sisters under vows since 1845, and Lutheran and Reformed Christians founded sisterhoods and deaconess communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3529,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/protestant-vs-anglican\/","url_meta":{"origin":7857,"position":0},"title":"Anglican vs Protestant: Is the Anglican Church Protestant? Yes, by History and Law","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, the Anglican Church is Protestant by history and law, though many Anglicans call it catholic and reformed. 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