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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Laity
		The laity are the members of this society who remain where they were placed by baptism, while the clergy, even if only tonsured, have been raised by ordination to a higher class, and placed in the sacred hierarchy.
		But the laity are not the depositaries of spiritual power; they are the flock confided to the care of the shepherds, the disciples who are instructed in the Word of God, the subjects who are guided by the successors of the Apostles towards the last end, which is eternal life.
		Considered from the standpoint of the laity, this recourse to the ministry of the clergy is sometimes obligatory and sometimes optional, according to circumstances.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08748a.htm (2902 words)

	Buddhist laity - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Buddhist laity
		Lay Buddhists are bound by the same rules of conduct as ordained Buddhists, except that they follow the Five Moral Precepts instead of the Ten Moral Precepts.
		The lives of the laity and the ordained are closely intertwined; it is regarded as an honour and privilege to support the monks and nuns.
		Ordained Buddhists help the laity by giving lessons and advice on the dharma (religious teachings), and performing ceremonies on their behalf.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Buddhist+laity (248 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Laity [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the years following the Second Vatican Council the role of the laity in the Church has been greatly expanded to inclued lay ministers of various kinds.
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