Editing Benedictines (section)

==Other orders==
The Rule of Saint Benedict is also used by a number of religious orders that began as reforms of the Benedictine tradition such as the [[Cistercian]]s and [[Trappist]]s.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} These groups are separate congregations and not members of the [[Benedictine Confederation]].

Although Benedictines are traditionally Catholic, there are also other communities that follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. For example, of an estimated 2,400 celibate Anglican religious (1,080 men and 1,320 women) in the [[Anglican Communion]] as a whole, some have adopted the Rule of Benedict. Likewise, such communities can be found in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]],<ref name="Simpson2016">{{Cite web |title=Directory of Parishes |last=Simpson |first=Fr. Benedict |work=The Western Rite Communities of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia |date=2016 |access-date=26 August 2019 |url= https://www.rocor-wr.org/parishes/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintlaurenceosb.org/monastery.html |title=Holy Monasteries of Our Lady and Saint Laurence Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Western Rite Vicariate |website= The Benedictine Fellowship of Saint Laurence|access-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404152547/http://www.saintlaurenceosb.org/monastery.html |archive-date=4 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Lutheran Church]].<ref name="SAH2018">{{Cite web |title=Who we are… |work=Saint Augustine's House |date=2018 |access-date=26 August 2019 |url= https://staugustines.house/about/ }}</ref>