Search results for "Laity" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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." ...43 KB (7,057 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- 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 ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- consists of representative bishops, clergy, and laity chosen by the thirty-eight provinces. The body has a permanent secretariat, the Anglican Communion ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- 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 ...22 KB (3,545 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- temple was progressively more exclusive, with the laity being admitted only to the lowest level. Glaize p. 62. Unlike most Khmer temples, Angkor ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- intended just for ordained monks, but for the laity too. The Japanese Vajrayana teacher Kūkai expressed a view that appears contrary to the Tibetan ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- there, consisting of both priests and laity; many of his lay believers came from among the samurai class. === First Remonstration and Early Years ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- Ahimsa is a Sanskrit term meaning "nonviolence" or "non-injury" (literally: the avoidance of himsa: violence). The principle ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- ascetic tendency while encouraging marriage for the laity. The plot brings a much-resistant Thomas to India, where his first act is to inspire ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- along with a considerable number of clergy and laity, especially military, professed the Arian faith. They attempted to turn over two churches in Milan ...27 KB (4,266 words) - 02:47, 24 July 2023
- 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 ...26 KB (4,137 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- Most modern Christians, whether laity, clergy, or theologians, still consider Judas a traitor. Indeed the term Judas has entered many languages ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- members and carried out by all priesthood and laity. In most congregations the pastor(s) and other elected and appointed leadership positions are unpaid ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- with clerical literacy that preaching to the laity in churches was hampered. Therefore, the field was somewhat clear for peripatetic evangelism of ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |name = Fordham University ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- 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 ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- and the question of other groups such as elites or laity within "orthodox" Catholic practice. James Arthur asserts that the little scroll ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- 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 ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 18:50, 5 May 2024
