| It must become a studied challenge for theologians, denominational officials, and laity, as well as pastors. |
| In many cases it is being done by co-opting both the clergy and the laity, giving them no alternative except to acquiesce. |
| The conversation usually revolves around questions about episcopal leadership and the role of the laity. |
| He was, to be sure, was a loose cannon given to pinheaded statements urging laity to not go to Mass. |
| She was a lady of generosity, love and friendship and of great intellectual ability and laity. |
| The shift away from Great Russian bishops generated conflicts with the incumbent episcopate, the parish clergy, and the laity. |
