7 sentences with 'laity'
Example sentences and phrases with the word laity and other words derived from it.
• « However, they did not have to devote their time to ministering to the spiritual needs of the laity (i.e. people outside the Church), which was the primary function of priests. »
• « Although they offered basic education to the laity, the official focus of the cathedral schools was the training of priests. They began to expand after 1000 CE, offering a more focused and rigorous grounding in sacred texts and, to some extent, ancient texts from Rome, to help educate Church leaders and laity. »
• « This situation was soon described as a new Babylonian captivity by clergy and laity alike (especially in Italy), comparing the papacy's presence in France to the enslavement of the ancient Jews in Babylon. »
• « New movements arose in Europe, including one called Modern Devotion in the Netherlands, which focused on the moral and spiritual life of the laity outside the auspices of the Church. »
• « Within the Church, there were widespread and persistent calls for reform to better respond to the needs of the laity and to better meet the moral standards of the Church. »