What are the similarities between priests and monks?
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They are completely separate things:
A priest is a man who has been called by God to minister to Him at the altar, and to bring God to people. He is primarily to administer confession and the Eucharist to the faithful. He also baptized, confirms (in some instances, with the Bishop’s permission), witnesses marriages, does Anointing, and buries people.
A monk is a man who has given his life to God in a monastery under vows of stability, obedience, and conversatio morum. This is a lifelong commitment wherein the man freely gives up his free will for the rest of his life to live under obedience to an Abbot and a Rule.
A monk, may, in many instances, also be a priest, but not necessarily. Monks who are ordained priests were formerly known as choir monks, while monks who were not ordained were known as claustral or lay brothers.
A priest is a man who has been called by God to minister to Him at the altar, and to bring God to people. He is primarily to administer confession and the Eucharist to the faithful. He also baptized, confirms (in some instances, with the Bishop’s permission), witnesses marriages, does Anointing, and buries people.
A monk is a man who has given his life to God in a monastery under vows of stability, obedience, and conversatio morum. This is a lifelong commitment wherein the man freely gives up his free will for the rest of his life to live under obedience to an Abbot and a Rule.
A monk, may, in many instances, also be a priest, but not necessarily. Monks who are ordained priests were formerly known as choir monks, while monks who were not ordained were known as claustral or lay brothers.
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