Laity

prepares a person to receive the sacraments and participate in the liturgy. As Christ’s disciples, the laity is called

found significantly disturbing: The abuse of influence and power of laity. Congregations usually ridicule abusive pastors, but what about abusive laity? While some pastors may be unfit for ministry for justified reasons, more often than not there are superiority struggles in churches that cause pastors and laity to encounter conflict. Power is most often centered on this issue. As a layperson, I can relate to this case where laity has distressed and disrespected pastors by abusing their power. In

themselves. In the Catholic world, this has become increasingly apparent in the way Mass is celebrated. In order to combat this self-focused mindset of the world, a return to the historical orientation known as ad orientem would benefit the Church, the laity, and society. Ad orientem is one of two liturgical orientations used in liturgical Christianity, and historically,

The interaction between clergy and laity is also discussed a fair bit in the subtext of the source. William Longchamps, bishop of Ely, and chancellor in Richard's stead, took castles and titles away from the men who held them and “hand[ed] them over to foreigners and unknown men” (31). This shows that the hold he has over the land with the king gone (i.e. clergy could have a firm grasp on the government). The only other person to do this is John (the king's brother), who takes the castles away from

Experiences with the laity in ministry: This past year, I got the chance of leading a Bible Study. The group that I led comprises of Northwestern Catholic students. I got permission from the Sheil Catholic Campus Minister at the Northwestern University, Mr. Tim Higgins. He directed me to one of the Bible Study group leaders, and since August 2016, I have been leading this Bible study along with other group co-leaders. In May 2016, I had got in contact with Mr. Tim Higgins in hope to find a site

Introduction An issue many pastors face today is the definitive difference between a called professional clergy and a called laity and the necessary responsibilities for the empowerment of laity within their specific missional context. This issue of empowerment for ministry among the laity has long been a problem debated within the ranks of church leadership and the field of practical theology. The average believer is faced with the challenge of developing a biblical understanding of the “call of

incorporated into Christ…have been made sharers in their own way in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ and play their part in carrying out the mission of the whole Christian people in the church and in the world” (48). Since the laity, religious, and clergy now had a shared responsibility as the People of God in bringing about the Kingdom of God, no longer would they be as

with the basic use of result, instead purpose. Thus the scripture reads epexegetically as “to the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry [with the result of] the building of the body of Christ”, indicating one role of clergy to prepare laity for the work of ministry. Which view do you believe is

Ecumenical councils are a practice that age back to the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine. An ecumenical council is a conference of Christian bishops in order to resolve current issues affecting the entire church . The councils would publish texts and legislation that would become crucial to the development and operation of Christianity. The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was the most recent ecumenical council. Vatican II is considered to be one of the major events of the twentieth century

unaware of. This structure of mass is very exclusive and forces the laity to view the ceremony more than participate in it. Vatican II changed this by having the priest face towards the laity, and reducing the number of private prayers, making mass easier to understand and more inclusive. Another change implemented to the mass was the Eucharistic ceremony itself. Prior to Vatican II there were multiple things excluded from the laity. First is the