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ローマ・カトリック教会の教会法における敬虔な団体または敬虔な組合とは、地元の司教によって承認されたカトリック信者の組織であり、教会の名において、また教会の教えに従って、霊的および肉体的な慈悲の行いを実践することに従事する組織を指す法的概念である。[ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Title V, 'Associations of the Christian Faithful' (Cannon 298–329)[3] defines these organizations as distinct from societies of consecrated and apostolic life which are to foster a more Christian life, promote public worship and Catholic doctrine, and exercise other works of such as evangelization, piety, and charity. The most recent and definitive Apostolic constitution concerning pious associations is "Provida Mater Ecclesia - Concerning Secular Institutes," issued by Pius XII in 1947.[4]