- Voluntary poverty
- Perpetual chastity
- Entire obedience
Note : The Evangelical Counsels, also called the Counsels
of Perfection, are those precepts given by Christ that are not binding on all,
but are binding on those who have a vocation to them. The 10 Commandments, the
Precepts of the Church, the two Great Commandments, for ex., bind one and all,
but the evangelical counsels do not. See Matthew 19:16-22 for the story of
Christ's telling the young man what he needs to do in order to be saved, and
then what he needs to do in order to be perfect -- two different things.
