Canonical erection of a house of religious in the Catholic Church

Jus novum (c. 1140-1563) Jus novissimum (c. 1563-1918) Jus codicis (1918-present) Other Sacraments Sacramentals Sacred places Sacred times Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures Particular churches Juridic persons Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law Clerics Office Juridic and physical persons Associations of the faithful Pars dynamica (trial procedure) Canonization Election of the Roman Pontiff Academic degrees Journals and Professional Societies Faculties of canon law Canonists Institute of consecrated life Society of apostolic life The conditions for the canonical erection of a house of religious are indicated in canons 608-611 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law.

[1] A community of religious must live in a lawfully established house with a church or oratory in which the Eucharist is celebrated and reserved.

[2] The house in which the community resides is distinct from any farm or holiday home that they may also possess.

[4] The word "nuns" applies in canon law to women religious whose vows are classified as solemn.

Privileges granted to the mendicant orders in the 13th century caused frequent derogations from the law, but the Council of Trent restored the ancient discipline (Sess.