In the Catholic Church, the vow of obedience is one of the three vows of professing to live according to the evangelical counsels.
It forms part of the religious vows that are made both by members of the religious institutes and diocesan hermits.
This is stipulated in The 1983 Code of Canon Law (canon 601) defines it as follows: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed.
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