Search results for "Laity" - New World Encyclopedia
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- devotional practice by monks and laity alike. Monasteries varied ... an occupation, they depend entirely on the laity for their sustenance. In ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- church (synodical meetings of clergy, extended to laity after 1886) authority which had been eroded. ==Controversies== In 1847 Wilberforce became ...12 KB (1,800 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- validity of his consecration but many of the laity resented the emperor's meddling in the affairs of the Roman church. Constantius paid his first ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 11:07, 13 February 2022
- of their wealth, and transferring it to the laity. This, he held, was the surest and quickest method of satisfying the civil authorities and ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 03:56, 15 August 2023
- ) was the dominion of the local clergy and laity. Over time, the ecclesiastical ... instead to consult with the clergy and laity of the community in question ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- the election of Damasus, while the deacons and laity supported Ursinus. The two rival popes were thus elected simultaneously, in separate locations ...13 KB (2,066 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2024
- quot; doctrine was especially popular among the laity, as it provided a concrete image of salvation that was easily encapsulated in religious iconography ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- church and seems to place himself among the laity in his De Exhortatione Castitatis ... He also believed that in an emergency, the laity can give the baptism. ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- found in Orthodox churches today. It separates the laity in the nave from the priests preparing the sacraments at the altar. It is usually composed of ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- caused embarrasment when the Church admonished laity to practice chastity. A church that was itself wealthy, too, often neglected spiritual concerns ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- Foot washing (also known as pedilavium) is a religious rite observed by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within Christianity ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- Great Vows (maha-vrata) and those of the laity are called Small Vows (anu ... his or her thoughts, words and deeds. The laity must avoid professions which ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- holding clergy to a higher standard than the laity both in terms of their personal moral conduct, and knowledge of theology. He approved the rule of ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- like the rosary may have begun as a practice by the laity to imitate the monastic Liturgy of the Hours, during the course of which the monks prayed the ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- both kinds (bread and wine to priests and laity alike). ... :#The same law for laity and priests (see Christie-Murray, 119). ...28 KB (4,685 words) - 08:56, 1 April 2024
- over the protests of others in the Roman clergy and laity, possibly because he had received baptism while deathly ill and had not received the sacrament ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- reverent bishops and clergy, and to the monks and laity throughout Alexandria, Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis. …We were anxious that you should ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- or doff their kipot. Furthermore, the Catholic laity may not wear a skullcap, while all Jews may wear one. ===Druze=== Among followers of the ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- years, there has been a higher representation of laity in both the faculty and student body. Since the Gregorian is a pontifical university, the ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 16:14, 17 January 2014
- in the mountains, far away from the court and the laity in the capital. The irregular topography of these sites forced Japanese architects to rethink ...29 KB (4,292 words) - 09:48, 1 April 2024
