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What is the Role of the Laity in the Church? The Laity are the Church! [PDF]
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2021 The question of the role of the laity in the Church, in and of itself, requires clarification insofar as the laity are the very essence of the people of God; they are not only in the Church – they are the Church. All divisions between clergy and laity in
Archimandrite Robert Francis Taft
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The challenges of full participation of laity in the mission of the church
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The church shares in Christ’s mission of bringing all to the knowledge of God and to salvation. All its members are called to this intrinsic mission bequeathed to the entire church.
Mary J. Obiorah
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The Involvement of the Catholic Laity in the Promotion of Peace
ReligionsIn accordance with their constitutional prerogatives, members of the Church engage in activities that align with their designated roles and responsibilities.
Lorand Ujházi
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The Role of the Laity in the Roman Catholic Church and in the World Today [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2020 Fifty-four years after Vatican II, it seems to the researcher that the role of the laity in the Roman Catholic Church is still problematic to some clergy and the laity.
Anthony Kofi Anomah , Peter Addai-Mensah
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The Social Activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the Fighting with Coronavirus [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2020 The article analyzes the current socio-political position of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the context of the state of Emergency caused by the pandemic of a new coronavirus that has affected the countries of the European Union.
Olga Shimanskaya
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Early Catholicism and the organisational structure of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
Theologia Viatorum, 2021 The organisational structure of the United Methodist church shares many features with the early catholic institutions. Increased institutionalisation, that is, authority connected with office, is the clearest sign of Early Catholicism.
Edward Mashero, Ernest van Eck
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The problem of maintaining balance of liberal and conservative principles at the congresses of clergy and Laity of Southern Russia in 1917 [PDF]
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", 2021 The article examines the congresses of clergy and laity that took place after the February Revolution of 1917 in the South of Russia — on the Don, Stavropol and Kuban, which were the part of the movement propagated throughout the country.
Yu. A. Biryukova
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 The role of the laity is at the cutting edge of Christian missions today. The author conducted a number of interviews and questionnaires to determine the status of the laity across denominations of the Christian faith in South Africa. His findings are in
Peter Christofides, Piet G.J. Meiring
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The Spiritual Conquest of Marriage: How the Holy Office and Council of Trent Attempted to Reform the Laity of New Spain [PDF]
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History, 2019 The Council of Trent’s reform of marriage attempted to give the Church greater oversight over marriage and rein in popular misconceptions about the sacrament. In colonial Mexico, this shift in the definition of marriage coincided with the arrival of the
Robert C. Schwaller
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Ecclesial Futures, 2022 This paper argues that the reason that the Church of England has struggled to relate to lay pioneering is because its primary mode of engagement of resourcing and equipping is out of step with the realities of lay pioneering.
James Butler
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