(1) In a church rich with religious orders, it is peculiar for someone to write as if the Roman clergy and laity did not know the difference.

(2) Each will create a blurring of the boundaries between clergy and laity .

(3) Never did Shaw speak a truer word, that all professions are conspiracies against the laity .

(4) Dr Ryan has emphasised throughout his period as bishop the importance of involving the laity in parish and church affairs.

(5) Today divorced and remarried clergy and laity serve the church faithfully as full partners.

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(7) Further, the council called on the entire church to evangelize the modern world through renewal of the laity 's role.

(8) An important reason for this stance was the view, widespread among both the laity and church leaders, that the Jews were a danger to society.

(9) Some of our parishes are dull little affairs presided over by a fearful clergy and laity .

(10) The bishops - together with the laity and clergy - should be part of the creation of a healthy, revitalized church.

(11) In Communist times, Catholic clergy and laity who did not convert to Orthodoxy were imprisoned in labor camps and often murdered.

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(13) In times of crisis, leaders are needed who can inspire both clergy and laity .

(14) Clergy and laity in the western U.S. had sought clarity on the issue.

(15) For the sake of successful cooperation the respective responsibilities of clergy and laity must be clearly demarcated.

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(17) We need a learned clergy and a learned laity to meet the demands and challenges of local church and community life and of being God's people in the world.

(18) People - laity and clergy - want to have a voice in who leads their diocese and how that leader functions.

(19) Still, some way must be found for the clergy and laity of the world to be involved in the choice.

(20) I am rather asserting that the laity feels that church leadership does not know what it is talking about.