Search results for "Laity" - New World Encyclopedia

between the church hierarchy and the laity. The encyclical affirms that ... The new role of the laity resulted in the foundation of numerous secular ...

of Lima and is venerated by the local laity in Peru. A temple was built ... Luis, Lima, and is venerated by the local laity in Peru. A temple was built ...

developing a Czech liturgy and allowing the laity to administer the Eucharist. ... in both kinds (both bread and wine to priests and laity alike) ...

included male clergy, female clergy, male laity, and female laity. This religious community, like the corresponding Buddhist sangha, did not ...

office. In others, it is performed by the laity, and its exact functions ... danger of death), when anyone including the laity may baptize. ...

offered at all temples, and members of the laity who want to be more involved ... programs to prepare them for leadership positions among the laity ...

in the realm of the behavioral ethics of the laity. It should be emphasized ... There is a strict division between Mandaean laity and the priests ...

Some Japanese Zen laity can also be seen wearing a wagesa, a formal ribbon-shaped garment but also a more simplified type of kesa (robe). ...

which many of the former PCUSA ministers and laity joined), ending the controversy in the PCUSA in favor of the liberals. ===Presbyterian Church ...

manuals popular among medieval Catholic laity. Though their contents were ... practice came an eventual adoption by the laity, who viewed their ecclesiastical ...

both elements of the Eucharist to laity, who had only been permitted to receive the bread. XXVIII. Concerning the Marriage of Priests—a lengthy ...

corruption of the clergy, the rights of the laity, and translation of the scriptures ... and in doctrine, a broadened role for laity (including women), and cooperation ...

to the Word of God," but the laity is not, and other Churches ... from the Catholic Church to give the laity a share of the Blood of Christ ...

of the church more clear and accessible to the laity. However, these journals do not add or remove anything from the Catholic teaching, but rather ...

his brother monks (and the resident laity) into a righteous lifestyle. One of the innovative means that he used to achieve that end was an extensive ...

important issues (from the role of the laity to the modification of the ... and the role of the laity Apostolicam Actuositatem. [http://www.vatican ...

clerics, officials of the Vatican, and distinguished laity. ... was moved giving a reduced area for the laity. The transenna is surmounted ...

sharers of ordination, are to be reckoned among the Laity." ===Eight century: Hispanicus error=== The second movement of Adoptionism, called ...

devotional practice by monks and laity alike. Monasteries varied ... an occupation, they depend entirely on the laity for their sustenance. In ...

church (synodical meetings of clergy, extended to laity after 1886) authority which had been eroded. ==Controversies== In 1847 Wilberforce became ...

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 ...

of their wealth, and transferring it to the laity. This, he held, was the surest and quickest method of satisfying the civil authorities and ...

) 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 ...

the election of Damasus, while the deacons and laity supported Ursinus. The two rival popes were thus elected simultaneously, in separate locations ...

quot; doctrine was especially popular among the laity, as it provided a concrete image of salvation that was easily encapsulated in religious iconography ...

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. ...

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 ...

caused embarrasment when the Church admonished laity to practice chastity. A church that was itself wealthy, too, often neglected spiritual concerns ...

Foot washing (also known as pedilavium) is a religious rite observed by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within Christianity ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

both kinds (bread and wine to priests and laity alike). ... :#The same law for laity and priests (see Christie-Murray, 119). ...

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 ...

reverent bishops and clergy, and to the monks and laity throughout Alexandria, Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis. …We were anxious that you should ...

or doff their kipot. Furthermore, the Catholic laity may not wear a skullcap, while all Jews may wear one. ===Druze=== Among followers of the ...

years, there has been a higher representation of laity in both the faculty and student body. Since the Gregorian is a pontifical university, the ...

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 ...

is the one source for compassion of the laity found in contemporary accounts. The first continuation expresses as much outrage at the hanging ...

that empowered the clergy and disempowered the laity. Gutenberg's famous "Gutenberg Bible" was the Latin Vulgate but it was not long ...

A commission composed of bishops, theologians and laity had been established by John XXIII for the purpose of reviewing the teaching on birth ...

was a way to direct the military energies of the laity so that this served the Church's purposes. One answer presented itself in the shape of ...

these movements gained some support among the laity (including members of the Spanish aristocracy), they were repudiated by Charlemagne and Pope Hadrian ...

decades, however, a minority of Reform rabbis and laity have come to affirm beliefs including pantheism and deism. ===Jewish law === ...

Evening Sun Reprinted by Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC) / Westchester. Retrieved October 14, 2013. A second strain of the criticism of Columbus ...

Saints as a distinct class of believers from the laity. In the Belgian province of East-Flanders (Aalst) and the west part of West Flanders (Ypres ...

The practice of withholding the cup from the laity was confirmed (twenty-first session) as one which the Church Fathers had commanded for good and ...

In modern Orthodox Judaism, the laity immerse themselves on the day prior to the day of Yom Kippur and often do so before the three pilgrimage ...

consent of the pope, the increased role of the laity for holiness, and a generalized call for all humans to belong to the Church. Even before ...

explained his views in such a way that the laity could understand it. He wrote ... jewel of the clergy has become the toy of the laity." ...

not meet a single individual, of the clergy or the laity, who was not of the same opinion on this point. He viewed religious independence as not ...

consists of representative bishops, clergy, and laity chosen by the thirty-eight provinces. The body has a permanent secretariat, the Anglican Communion ...

or Kalendaries, a brotherhood of clergy and laity who were attached to the Church of All-Hallowen or All Saints. Records show that in 1464, provisions ...

which were enacted nightly by the priests and laity, were thought to help ensure the victory of Ra in his life-and-death struggle with darkness. A ...

temple was progressively more exclusive, with the laity being admitted only to the lowest level. Glaize p. 62. Unlike most Khmer temples, Angkor ...

intended just for ordained monks, but for the laity too. The Japanese Vajrayana teacher Kūkai expressed a view that appears contrary to the Tibetan ...

The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life ...

there, consisting of both priests and laity; many of his lay believers came from among the samurai class. === First Remonstration and Early Years ...

Ahimsa is a Sanskrit term meaning "nonviolence" or "non-injury" (literally: the avoidance of himsa: violence). The principle ...

ascetic tendency while encouraging marriage for the laity. The plot brings a much-resistant Thomas to India, where his first act is to inspire ...

along with a considerable number of clergy and laity, especially military, professed the Arian faith. They attempted to turn over two churches in Milan ...

do so and often discipline, or try to, upstart laity who attempt this. He considered the Qur’an as Muslim possess this today to be identical with ...

Most modern Christians, whether laity, clergy, or theologians, still consider Judas a traitor. Indeed the term Judas has entered many languages ...

members and carried out by all priesthood and laity. In most congregations the pastor(s) and other elected and appointed leadership positions are unpaid ...

with clerical literacy that preaching to the laity in churches was hampered. Therefore, the field was somewhat clear for peripatetic evangelism of ...

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avoid negative ones). In this context, the laity (whether at home or in temples ... is provide various services for the laity. They include presiding at ...

and the question of other groups such as elites or laity within "orthodox" Catholic practice. James Arthur asserts that the little scroll ...

the most popular understanding of prayer among the laity in any of these faiths. In all three of these faiths today, a significant minority of people ...

was not preaching properly and that this put the laity in serious danger. Further, the Theses contradicted the decree of Pope Clement VI, in 1343, that ...

hellfire, immortality of the soul, and clergy-laity divisions, interpreting them as illegitimate additions to the original church's teachings.Jolene ...

life and a greater stress upon the role of the laity in the church. Linked with this was a movement for church “renewal” both by laity and the ...

was not restricted to members of the laity; bishops and abbots, for example, were also capable of acting as lords. There were, thus, different ...

a set of precepts, some of which also apply to laity. In addition, the Buddha gave a detailed "rule" for the sangha, contained in the Vinaya ...

possess women in an attempt to seduce holy men (or devout laity), Indeed, any "non-passive" female sexuality was seen (in patriarchal ...

society activists have been Protestant clergy and laity. As physician assisted dying has obtained greater legal support, some liberal Protestant denominations ...

Bernard Lewis states that the Muslim laity and Islamic authorities have always had great difficulty in accommodating post-Islamic monotheistic ...

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 ...

the evangelistic efforts of its ministers and laity, along with the guidance of Ellen G. White, the church quickly grew during the late 1800s and ...

women's roles, and the role of the laity. On February 2, 2006, Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, informed members of the Society of Jesus, that ...

texts, which often generalize monastic norms to laity, require this of lay people as well. Peter Harvey (ed.), Buddhism (Bloomsbury Academic, ...

Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman ...

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