The written and the world in early medieval Iberia by Barrett, G

“…For the clergy, the Bible, canon law, and monastic rules were the texts which bestowed identity, but as they interacted with the laity, they set the charter in the history of salvation, and modelled textuality to society, as their monasteries became the microcosms of its written framework.…”

The martial Christ in the sermons of late medieval England by Depold, J

“…As a result, this project examines Christ in various martial roles, as well as his modelling of knighthood for kings, knights, preachers, and the laity. These representations were utilised by preachers to instruct their audiences in devotional practice, specifically forms of affective meditation; it was used as a didactic tool to teach the laity the complex doctrines of redemption and atonement; and finally, it was employed as a means to demonstrate the importance of right living in order to fulfill what Christ had promised on the cross, that is eternal salvation.…”

É POSSÍVEL UM SUJEITO ECLESIAL? by Mario Miranda

“…Thus, after describing in brief traces the Church that we inherit from the past, we approach the necessity of creating a new mentality in the laity, up until now characterized in the past by passivity. …”
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Doctrinal and Physical Marginality in Christian Death: The Burial of Unbaptized Infants in Medieval Italy by Madison Crow, Colleen Zori, Davide Zori

“…Although emergency baptism was promoted by the Church, the laity may have occasionally violated canon law by performing emergency baptism on stillborn infants. …”
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Creating Demand and Creating Knowledge Communities: Myanmar/Burmese Buddhist Women, Monk Teachers, and the Shaping of Transnational Teachings by Rachelle Saruya

“…However, it is only within the last century that this doctrine has become more accessible to the laity, and specifically to women devotees. Today, women make up the majority of monks’ devotees in the country. …”
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ROLE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY OF THE NORTHWESTERN KRAI OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE 1863 POLISH UPRISING by Alexandre Yu Bendin

“…The author analyzes the peculiarities of the relationship between the Roman Catholic clergy and its laity in the process of the religious mobilization of the participants in the uprising. …”
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Ecclesiastical penance in the Church of Constantinople by Barringer, R

“…<p>The present study provides for the first time a systematic and comprehensive examination of the evidence for ecclesiastical penance found in the vast corpus of pre-Metaphrastic Byzantine hagiography.The value of the thesis lies primarily in the body of evidence which it makes available and interprets within the context of what can be known of the historical development of penitential practice among the Byzantine laity and of the nature and limitations of hagiographical evidence.…”

Protestant epistolary counselling in early modern England, c. 1559-1660 by Busfield, L

“…Chapter five explores the nature of religious advice-giving amongst the laity and uncovers its pious motivations. This characteristically 'godly' activity is both compared and contrasted with contemporary clerical counselling. …”

El péndulo de las identidades católicas: oscilaciones entre representaciones colectivas y reconocimiento institucional by Renée de la Torre

“…Guadalajara´s Catholic Church is a complex institution housing diverse forms of religious activism, each subject to different types of institution recognitioa The study of the identities of the laity requires the methodologically outlining of the I-us-others representation within the fields of interaction. …”
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Survivre par l’écrit chez les ecclésiastiques rouennais du XVe siècle by Vincent Tabbagh

“…If amongst the laity only burghers had the means to attain spiritual survival by financing masses in perpetuity in the parishes, the clergy were mostly concerned with the particular destination of their soul by organising their own remembrance. …”
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Reforum: A brief but not unimportant chapter in the Dutch Reformed Church’s apartheid saga by P.G.J. (Piet) Meiring

“…For South African Christians, clergy as well as laity, it helps explain their often troubled past, as well as present. …”
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About an Oirat Written Monument Devoted to the Tradition of ‘Matsg’ Ritual Performance by G. B. Korneev

“…The Oirat manuscript deals with matsg - the one-day Mahayana Buddhist vow - that could be taken by both laity and clergy. Since the tradition is one of the few exact Mahayana vows to be observed by both laity and clergy, it is quite widespread in Tibet, Mongolia and Kalmykia. …”
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Patronage, pastoral provision and the secular clergy in the Dioceses of Worcester and Hereford during the thirteenth century by Townley, SC

“…In other respects attempts to reform the clergy were generally successful, although the laity continued to exert much influence on religious life and even on recruitment of assistant clergy.…”

Vznik žánru české laické katolické liturgiky jako součást procesu katolické konfesionalizace by Michal Sklenář

“…Given the large number of religious texts that emerged in this period, it focuses on the beginnings of Czech liturgical education and formation aimed at the laity within the Roman Catholic Church in the 17th century, i.e. liturgical manuals written in Czech.…”
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Loneliness, Solitude, Community: Insights from the <i>Apophthegmata Patrum</i> by Paul Siladi

“…The present article provides an urban reading of the <i>Apophthegmata Patrum</i>, in the broader context of the rediscovery and re-evaluation of monastic spirituality by and for the laity. On the one hand, the 21st century is considered to be the age of loneliness; on the other hand, loneliness defined the lives of the desert fathers, albeit its nuance was different. …”
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DO CONFESSIONAL AO PLURAL: uma análise sobre o novo modelo de ensino religioso nas escolas públicas brasileiras by Cesar Ranquetat Júnior

“…The study also includes issues such as laity, secularization and the relation between State and the Catholic Church which are closely related with religious education in public schools.…”
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John Henry Newman’s Understanding of the Sensus Fidelium and the Current Challenges of Synodality by Pavol Hrabovecký

“…In this way, the need for proper discernment of the sensus fidelium is to be pointed out so that both pastors and laity may live in the Church as in a true family.…”
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O projecto educativo do republicanismo: o caso português numa perspectiva comparada by Joaquim Pintassilgo

“…That points out the importance of laity as much as patriotism which sought to generate a new consensus. …”
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De l’encomendero au marchand : charité et évangélisation dans le Pérou colonial, xvie-xviie siècles by Aliocha Maldavsky

“…The practice of the same kind of charity by a seventeenth-century merchant reveals that this way of social legitimation was still available and perpetuated, from the point of view of the Spanish laity, the religious distinction between Indians, considered as neophytes, and Spanish descendents, assimilated to catholic devouts.…”
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La Eucaristía en el actual diálogo católico-luterano by Blanco, Pablo

“…Luther stated three points of conflict on the matter: the question of Laienkelch or communion under both species of bread and wine by the laity; how to understand the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; and the discussion about the Mass as a sacrifice. …”
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