Karl Barth, mission and the Second Vatican Council. Comments of an absent observer by Pablo Blanco Sarto

“…In his theological writings and commentaries on the Council, his willingness to address the issues of the relationship between Revelation and Scripture, liturgy, the laity, ecumenism, religions, as well as the missionary and kerygmatic dimensions of the Church, can be seen. …”
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Observaţii asupra cărţilor de mărturie sub maledicţie arhierească în Ţara Românească by Laura Bădescu

“…Through this analysis, we seek to partially reconstruct the mechanisms behind the pre-modern legislative system, attesting not only to national acceptance of the Christian truth and the ecumenical tradition, but also to the complex links between church and laity.…”
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Biblical Leadership Spirituality in Developing the Quality of Catholic Education by Florensius Sutami, Fransiskus Gregorius Nyaming, Subandri Simbolon, Angga Satya Bhakti, Yusi Kurniati

“…Catechist actors, in particular, focus on evangelizing the general public, both clergy and laity. In the real-world development of the Christian faith, laypeople who become catechists have a complicated responsibility. …”
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Exuberant Praise: A Pentecostal Reading of Psalm 150 by Lee Roy Martin

“…The instruments found in Psalm 150, however, include those that are played by the non-professionals, whom we would call the laity. Furthermore, participative community is implied in the invitation for “every breath” to praise the Lord.…”
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The Latin trade in England and abroad by Coates, A

“…Liturgical and devotional works and also Latin works of theology and canon law would have been crucial to members of the clergy in their dealings with each other, the laity, the church and state. Works of philosophy, classics and grammar would have been aimed at the academic and student bodies in the universities. …”

The transformation of the medieval sermon by D'Avray, D

“…</p> <p>The decisive change was the revival of preaching to the laity, which had ceased to play a major part in religious life between the fall of the Roman empire and the rise of the medieval towns. …”

Contemporary Catechetics (Christian Instruction) is Not Inclusive Enough by Titus Mohamed Kallon

“…In all, this study recommends a teaching that goes beyond the memorization of dogmas and creeds, a teaching that captures the interests and aspirations of the laity to enable them to maturely grow in faith. This then is a model for further research.…”
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Korean Buddhist International Aid Work: A Critical Comparison of the Join Together Society and the Global Community Association (Good Hands) by Cheonghwan Park, Kyungrae Kim

“…Nevertheless, the two organizations represent new visions for the modes of meaningful Buddhist praxis and engagement with the modern world that have a strong appeal to Korea’s younger, urbanized Buddhist laity. The further support and expansion of such activities by the Buddhist establishment might aid in reversing the current downward trends of belief.…”
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Resolving the Problem of the Expression “Faith as Small as a Mustard Seed” in Matthew 17:20 by Ebenezer Quaye

“…Whilst some vernacular and English translations referred to the size of the seed, some retained a fair comparison or analogy of the mustard seed to faith without referring to any salient trait or characteristic. Among both laity and scholars, it remains that some conclude, in reference to Matthew 17:20 and Luke 17:6 that small or little faith is of the essence and to it, acceptable in Christianity and to the Lord. …”
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Patriotic Mobilization of Orthodox Dioceses of the North-West Territory of Russia during the First World War (August 1914 - Early 1917) by Alexander Yu. Bendin

“…The article examines the process of creation of diocesan mechanisms of assistance to the army and the rear, which were based on above on the hierarchically organized system of church authority and discipline, and from below on the patriotic initiative of the Western Russian clergy, monastics, and laity in church institutions and Orthodox brotherhoods. …”
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Lay Missionary Movement and the Establishment of the Peranakan Chinese Christian Community in West Java 1858-1889 by Yogi Fitra Firdaus

“…This article thus attempts to historically examine and rebuild the narrative of the participation of the Chinese laity and see the factors that contribute to the weakening of the lay missionary spirit and their involvement among the Chinese church in West Java today. …”
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ABSORPTION OF MODERATION VALUE IN THE FATWA FLEXIBILITY; CASE ON HANDLING A COVID-19 CORPSE by Muammar Bakry, Abdul Syatar, Muhammad Majdy Amiruddin, M. Ilham

“…The implications of the study indicatea that the absorption of moderate Fatwa are things that should get attention, both among laity and competent mufti. Mufti is demanded to produce Fatwa that can be accepted by Muslims but does not neglect religious texts originating from Allah. and the Messenger of Allah. …”
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Noches de sano esparcimiento. La censura cinematográfica en Argentina. 1955-1973. by Fernando Ramírez Llorens

“…This work aims to study film censorship in Argentina, starting on defining it as a space of negotiation and conflict based in the fight of the legitimization of determinate social customs of film, where the political and military groups perform a fundamental role that fight over the control of the state machine, the cinematographic management, the clergy and the catholic laity. This concept of censorship assembles the polity of prohibition and promotion proposed by this actors as two complementary strategies for the achievement of the same objective: the definition of the limits of the speakable. …”
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Reorientation of mission and its action plans for a reformed missional ecclesiology in Africa by Thinandavha D. Mashau

“…These are some of the reasons, as well as the professionalisation of mission at the expense of the involvement of the laity in the missio Dei, that led to this sorry situation (among these churches) towards the missional ecclesiology and ecclesial praxis of the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA), which are used as an interlocutor from time to time. …”
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Human Beings Reasonable and Moral: Lessons from the Civil Disobedience of Rosa Parks to Catholic Counselors and Psychotherapists by Jeong Yeon Hwang

“…The article focuses on the function of moral judgments and the role of advocacy in the identity construction of Catholic priests and laity in the field of counseling and psychotherapy. …”
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The Dance of Musa: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Holy Girl by Kathryn Emily Dickason

“…In this vein, her kinesthetic afterlives helped Christian laity apprehend Marian piety, visualize the resurrected body, and communicate hope for redemption. …”
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Layperson, ascetic, and cleric in Iberian Christianity, c.500-711 by Addison, D

“…I argue that questions of hierarchy within the ecclesia itself—the distinction between the clergy and laity, or between ascetic ideals and the ‘worldly’ elements of Christian organization—were key factors in the emerging structure of post-Roman medieval Christian societies. …”

Parish, people and the English Bible in East Anglia, 1525-1560 by Duke, G

“…It examines two major themes of this impact: firstly, the level of success of the installation of the Great Bible in the parish churches; secondly, the effects of the publication and open reading of the scriptures in the vernacular upon the laity of East Anglia. The first theme explains the reasons for the order to install English scripture in the churches, and the information on the success of this installation provided by prosecution records and churchwardens' accounts. …”

The journal ''Sobornyi razum'' as a source on the history of Renovationism in 1918 by Irina Vorontsova

“…Created in 1917 by the future leaders of the Renovationist schism, the All-Russian Union of Orthodox Democratic Clergy and Laity did not have its own press, and in 1918 the journal Soborny Razum began to be published on the basis of the Association of Spiritual Writers. …”
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Islamic Defense Action Movement 212 in the Perspective of Muslim by Katimin Katimin, Tumpal Panggabean

“…Besides, the purity of Islam, especially in the eyes of the laity, seems tarnished if Islam is associated with political attachments. …”
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