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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosicrucianism</span> 17th-century European spiritual movement

Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new esoteric order. Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rosy Cross or Rose Cross. There have been several Rosicrucian organizations since the initial movement was founded, including the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (1750s–1790s), the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (1865–present), and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887–1903).

A fraternity is an organisation of men.

PDC may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Brothers University</span> Catholic university in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Christian Brothers University is a private Catholic university in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1871 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic teaching order.

<i>Fama Fraternitatis</i> 1614 Rosicrucian manifesto

Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis is an anonymous Rosicrucian manifesto published circa 1610 in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel. In 1652, Thomas Vaughan translated the work into English. An Italian edition was published as an appendix of the 77th Advertisement (part), under the title Generale Riforma dell' Universo, from a German translation of Bocallini's Ragguagli di Parnasso. The Fama was soon published in a separate form.

Brotherhood or The Brotherhood may refer to:

<i>Liberté, égalité, fraternité</i> National motto of France and Haiti

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, French for 'liberty, equality, fraternity', is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto. Although it finds its origins in the French Revolution, it was then only one motto among others and was not institutionalized until the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century. Debates concerning the compatibility and order of the three terms began at the same time as the Revolution. It is also the motto of the Grand Orient and the Grande Loge de France.

Eclectic may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alpha Gamma Rho</span> American collegiate agricultural fraternity

Alpha Gamma Rho is a social and professional agriculture-focused fraternity in the United States, currently with 71 collegiate chapters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alpha Phi Alpha</span> International historically African American collegiate fraternity

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (ΑΦΑ) is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the 1905–1906 school year at Cornell University but later evolved into a fraternity with a founding date of December 4, 1906. It employs an icon from Ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza, as its symbol. Its aims or pillars are "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love For All Mankind," and its motto is "First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All." Its archives are preserved at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.

<i>Confessio Fraternitatis</i> 1615 manifesto printed in Kassel, Germany

The Confessio Fraternitatis, or simply The Confessio, printed in Kassel (Germany) in 1615, is the second anonymous manifestos, of a trio of Rosicrucian pamphlets, declaring the existence of a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages who were interpreted, by the society of those times, to be preparing to transform the political and intellectual landscape of Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phi Beta Sigma</span> International historically African American collegiate fraternity

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (ΦΒΣ) is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as charter members. The fraternity's founders, A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would exemplify the ideals of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service while taking an inclusive perspective to serve the community as opposed to having an exclusive purpose. The fraternity exceeded the prevailing models of Black Greek-Letter fraternal organizations by being the first to establish alumni chapters, youth mentoring clubs, a federal credit union, chapters in Africa, and a collegiate chapter outside of the United States. It is the only fraternity to hold a constitutional bond with a historically African-American sorority, Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ), which was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., through the efforts of members of Phi Beta Sigma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beta Upsilon Chi</span> American Christian social fraternity

Beta Upsilon Chi is an American Christian social fraternity. It was founded at the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and has chartered 29 chapters.

Nonsectarian institutions are secular institutions or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sigma Phi Lambda</span> American Christian sorority

Sigma Phi Lambda (ΣΦΛ), also known as Sisters for the Lord or Phi Lamb, is a Christian sorority founded in 1988 in Austin, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Brothers of Jesus</span> Catholic religious congregation inspired by Charles de Foucauld

The Little Brothers of Jesus is a male religious congregation within the Catholic Church of pontifical right founded by Charles de Foucauld. Founded in 1933 in France, the congregation first established itself in French Algeria, North Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sigma Theta Epsilon</span> American Christian fraternity (1925–2022)

Sigma Theta Epsilon (ΣΘΕ) was an American interdenominational national Christian fraternal organization that operated from 1925 to 2022. It had 47 chapters across the United States.

Alpha Lambda Omega Christian Sorority, Incorporated (ΑΛΩ) is a national, inter-denominational Christian sorority founded April 9, 1990, by four students at the University of Texas at Austin. The sorority consists of sixteen chapters in the states of Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Oklahoma and is governed by a national executive board in the headquarters in Houston, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Psi Sigma Phi</span> American multicultural collegiate fraternity

Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity, Inc. (ΨΣΦ) was founded December 12, 1990, at Montclair State University and New Jersey City University. The Eighteen Founding Fathers believed that multiculturalism is not indicative of the physical composition of an organization on a chapter or national level; it is viewed as a state of mind––a philosophy that embraces any aspects of cultural identity with unconditional respect and equality. It is a National Multicultural Greek Council member.

In North America, fraternities and sororities are social organizations at colleges and universities. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life. Generally, membership in a fraternity or sorority is obtained as an undergraduate student but continues thereafter for life. Some accept graduate students as well. Individual fraternities and sororities vary in organization and purpose, but most share five common elements:

  1. Secrecy
  2. Single-sex membership
  3. Selection of new members based on a two-part vetting and probationary process known as rushing and pledging
  4. Ownership and occupancy of a residential property where undergraduate members live
  5. A set of complex identification symbols that may include Greek letters, armorial achievements, ciphers, badges, grips, hand signs, passwords, flowers, and colors