Confraternity of priests
VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Confraternities of Priests; Priests, Confraternities of; Confraternities of priests
Confraternities of priests - in distinction from the many confraternities open to lay persons - reached an important place of influence in the Roman Catholic Church by the end of the nineteenth century. At that point, the Apostolic Union, the Priests' Eucharistic League, and the Priests' Communion League, had become established widely in many countries.