Dominicans (Order of Preachers)
Mainstream Catholic mendicant order founded by Dominic de Guzmán (1216). Distinctive preaching and academic emphasis.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — mainstream Catholic mendicant order.
Profile facts
In context
The Dominicans operate global preaching, academic, and pastoral missions. Aquinas's Summa Theologica is foundational. Mainstream Catholic religious life.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 1216Founded by Dominic de Guzmán
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominicans in the Mongol Empire — Blackfriars (1937) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| St. Dominic | Biography, Feast Day, Patron Saint Of, & Facts | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| St. Rose of Lima · archive | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| Un documento pontificio de Gregorio IX, de 1227, para la protección de la Orden de Predicadores en el Archivo General del Arzobispado de Sevilla — Isidorianum (2022) | Academic | Secondary | — |
| lire en ligne | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| Demeure dite Habitation Fonds-Saint-Jacques, actuellement Centre Culturel Départemental · archive | Government | Primary | — |
| lire en ligne · archive | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| Grove Art Online | Academic | Secondary | — |
| “Comment meurent les Prêcheurs méridionaux d’après les Vitae Fratrum” | Academic | Secondary | — |
| Comment meurent les Prêcheurs méridionaux d’après les Vitae Fratrum — Cahiers de Fanjeaux (1998) | Academic | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Simon Tugwell, OP, 'Early Dominicans: Selected Writings' (Paulist Press, Classics of Western Spirituality, 1982) search ↗
- William A. Hinnebusch, OP, 'The History of the Dominican Order' (Alba House, 1965, 2 vols) search ↗
- Dominicans in the Mongol Empire — Blackfriars (1937) — https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1741-2005.1937.tb00094.x open ↗
- St. Dominic | Biography, Feast Day, Patron Saint Of, & Facts — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Dominic open ↗
- St. Rose of Lima — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Rose-of-Lima open ↗
- Un documento pontificio de Gregorio IX, de 1227, para la protección de la Orden de Predicadores en el Archivo General del Arzobispado de Sevilla — Isidorianum (2022) — https://dx.doi.org/10.46543%2FISID.2231.1059 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Le-P.-Bruno-Cadore-un-Francais-a-la-tete-des-dominicains-_NG_-2010-09-07-578066 open ↗
- Demeure dite Habitation Fonds-Saint-Jacques, actuellement Centre Culturel Départemental — https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/IA97201352 open ↗
- lire en ligne — http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Le-P.-Michel-Lachenaud-nouveau-prieur-des-dominicains-de-France-_NP_-2013-03-25-924854 open ↗
- Grove Art Online — https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T023204 open ↗
- “Comment meurent les Prêcheurs méridionaux d’après les Vitae Fratrum” — https://doi.org/10.3406/cafan.1998.1695 open ↗
- Comment meurent les Prêcheurs méridionaux d’après les Vitae Fratrum — Cahiers de Fanjeaux (1998) — https://doi.org/10.3406%2Fcafan.1998.1695 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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