Dominican+Order+(Friars+Preachers)

=Dominic **an Order (Friars Preachers) ** = ==

On December 22nd, 1216 The Dominican Order, also known as the Order of Preachers, a Catholic religious order, was founded by St. Dominic and was approved by Pope Honorius III in France. The actual membership in order is friars, congregations of active sisters, and tertiaries. Member of the Order usually carry the letter O.P, standing for Ordinis Praedicatorum, after their names.

Dominic established his religious community in Toulouse in 1214, officially recognized as an order by Pope Honorius III in 1216. Founded under the Augustinian rule, the Dominican Order is one of the great orders of mendicant friars that revolutionized religious life in Europe during the High Middle Ages. However, it notably differed from the Franciscan Order in its attitude toward ecclesiastical [|poverty].



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