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Institute, Secular

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A form of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within

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Catechism Passages

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§928 CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

"A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within." 470

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