A chapter (Latin: capitulum or capitellum) is one of several bodies of clergy in Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches or their gatherings. == Name == The name derives from the habit of convening monks, friars or canons for the reading of a chapter of the Bible or a heading of the order's rule.
A chapter (Latin: capitulum or capitellum) is one of several bodies of clergy in Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches or their gatherings. == Name == The name derives from the habit of convening monks, friars or canons for the reading of a chapter of the Bible or a heading of the order's rule.
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