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  1 LumenGentium,  4       :                     CHAPTER IV THE LAITY ~
  2 LumenGentium,  4, 30   :          those faithful called the laity. Everything that has been
  3 LumenGentium,  4, 30   :            God is intended for the laity, religious and clergy alike.
  4 LumenGentium,  4, 30   :            in a special way to the laity, both men and women, by
  5 LumenGentium,  4, 30   :          pastors know how much the laity contribute to the welfare
  6 LumenGentium,  4, 31   :                       31. The term laity is here understood to mean
  7 LumenGentium,  4, 31   :     specifically characterizes the laity is their secular nature.
  8 LumenGentium,  4, 31   :            the beatitudes. But the laity, by their very vocation,
  9 LumenGentium,  4, 32   :             from divine choice the laity have Christ for their brothers
 10 LumenGentium,  4, 33   :                            33. The laity are gathered together in
 11 LumenGentium,  4, 33   :communicated and nourished. Now the laity are called in a special
 12 LumenGentium,  4, 33   :    pertains to all Christians, the laity can also be called in various
 13 LumenGentium,  4, 33   :    spiritual purpose.~Upon all the laity, therefore, rests the noble
 14 LumenGentium,  4, 34   :           service also through the laity, vivifies them in this Spirit
 15 LumenGentium,  4, 34   :           men. For this reason the laity, dedicated to Christ and
 16 LumenGentium,  4, 34   :        adore in holy activity, the laity consecrate the world itself
 17 LumenGentium,  4, 35   :    authority, but also through the laity whom He made His witnesses
 18 LumenGentium,  4, 35   :           new earth,204 so too the laity go forth as powerful proclaimers
 19 LumenGentium,  4, 35   :           with temporal cares, the laity can and must perform a work
 20 LumenGentium,  4, 35   :          world. Therefore, let the laity devotedly strive to acquire
 21 LumenGentium,  4, 36   :       kingdom also by means of the laity, namely, a kingdom of truth
 22 LumenGentium,  4, 36   :             charity and peace. The laity have the principal role
 23 LumenGentium,  4, 36   :           light.~Moreover, let the laity also by their combined efforts
 24 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :                            37. The laity have the right, as do all
 25 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :          the person of Christ.~The laity should, as all Christians,
 26 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :          the responsibility of the laity in the Church. Let them
 27 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :            desires proposed by the laity.8* However, let the shepherds
 28 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :      familiar dialogue between the laity and their spiritual leaders:
 29 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :          spiritual leaders: in the laity a strengthened sense of
 30 LumenGentium,  4, 37   :           by the experience of the laity, can more clearly and more
 31 LumenGentium,  4, 38   :            the living God. All the laity as a community and each
 32 SacrosConcil,  2, 55   :         religious, but also to the laity, in cases to be determined
 33 SacrosConcil,  4, 100  :        more solemn feasts. And the laity, too, are encouraged to
 34 GaudiumSpes,  6, 62    :          be hoped that many of the laity will receive a sufficient
 35 GaudiumSpes,  6, 62    :       faithful, whether clerics or laity, possess a lawful freedom
 36 GravissEduc,  0        :       which priests, religious and laity, carefully selected and
 37 GravissEduc,  0        :   Religious men and women, and the laity who by their evangelical
 38 AdGentes,  2, 15       :        attention are the Christian laity: namely, those who have
 39 AdGentes,  3, 19       :             liturgy, and love. The laity strive by their civic and
 40 AdGentes,  3, 20       :   religious men and women, and the laity too, show the same fervent
 41 AdGentes,  3, 21       :       among men, unless there is a laity worthy of the name working
 42 AdGentes,  3, 21       :   establishing a mature, Christian laity.~For the lay faithful fully
 43 AdGentes,  3, 21       :        Gospel only by means of the laity who are their neighbors.
 44 AdGentes,  3, 21       :             wherever possible, the laity should be prepared, in more
 45 AdGentes,  3, 21       :          arduous apostolate of the laity. Let them train the laity
 46 AdGentes,  3, 21       :          laity. Let them train the laity to become conscious of the
 47 AdGentes,  5, 30       :       which clergy, Religious, and laity may have a part, through
 48 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :         promote the dignity of the laity and the part proper to them
 49 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :            willingly listen to the laity, consider their wants in
 50 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :            exalted charisms of the laity. Among the other gifts of
 51 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :       found in abundance among the laity, those are worthy of special
 52 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :          by which not a few of the laity are attracted to a higher
 53 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :         confidently entrust to the laity duties in the service of
 54 PresbytOrdin,  2, 9    :         placed in the midst of the laity to lead them to the unity
 55 DeiVerbum,  Pref, 1|1  :          1965 (n.27), of which the laity can also be members, and
 56 ApostActuos            :           ON THE APOSTOLATE OF THE LAITY APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM~
 57 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :            addresses itself to the laity, whose proper and indispensable
 58 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :              The apostolate of the laity derives from their Christian
 59 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :           own times require of the laity no less zeal: in fact, modern
 60 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :          the most part open to the laity alone. These factors have
 61 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :        without the activity of the laity.~An indication of this manifold
 62 ApostActuos,  Intro, 1 :          Holy Spirit in making the laity ever more conscious of their
 63 ApostActuos,  1        :      CHAPTER I THE VOCATION OF THE LAITY TO THE APOSTOLATE~
 64 ApostActuos,  1, 2     :            name and power. But the laity likewise share in the priestly,
 65 ApostActuos,  1, 2     :        salvation of men. Since the laity, in accordance with their
 66 ApostActuos,  1, 3     :                             3. The laity derive the right and duty
 67 ApostActuos,  1, 3     :         This should be done by the laity in communion with their
 68 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :        apostolate depends upon the laity's living union with Christ,
 69 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :        These are to be used by the laity in such a way that while
 70 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :        that union. In this way the laity must make progress in holiness
 71 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :             Rom. 5:5), enables the laity really to express the spirit
 72 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :          the spiritual life of the laity should take its particular
 73 ApostActuos,  1, 4     :           Spirit.~Furthermore, the laity who have followed their
 74 ApostActuos,  2, 5     :          the Church, the Christian laity exercise their apostolate
 75 ApostActuos,  2, 6     :            the clergy, wherein the laity also have their very important
 76 ApostActuos,  2, 6     :         that the apostolate of the laity and the pastoral ministry
 77 ApostActuos,  2, 6     :          opportunities open to the laity for the exercise of their
 78 ApostActuos,  2, 7     :          be renewed in Christ.~The laity must take up the renewal
 79 ApostActuos,  2, 8     :         sufficient.~Therefore, the laity should hold in high esteem
 80 ApostActuos,  3, 9     :                             9. The laity carry out their manifold
 81 ApostActuos,  3, 10    :             prophet, and king, the laity have their work cut out
 82 ApostActuos,  3, 10    :          18:18, 26; Rom. 16:3) the laity with the right apostolic
 83 ApostActuos,  3, 10    :   universality of the Church.1 The laity should accustom themselves
 84 ApostActuos,  3, 10    :             As far as possible the laity ought to provide helpful
 85 ApostActuos,  3, 13    :          and responsibility of the laity that it can never be performed
 86 ApostActuos,  3, 13    :           others. In this area the laity can exercise the apostolate
 87 ApostActuos,  3, 13    :       helping their brethren. ~The laity fulfill this mission of
 88 ApostActuos,  3, 13    :            Christ only through the laity who live near them. ~Children
 89 ApostActuos,  3, 14    :     international levels where the laity especially assist with their
 90 ApostActuos,  3, 14    :      brotherhood. Furthermore, the laity should be aware of the international
 91 ApostActuos,  4, 15    :                            15. The laity can engage in their apostolic
 92 ApostActuos,  4, 16    :         the apostolate whereby the laity build up the Church, sanctify
 93 ApostActuos,  4, 16    :            the temporal order, the laity must seek in the light of
 94 ApostActuos,  4, 16    :        praise to Him.~Finally, the laity should vivify their life
 95 ApostActuos,  4, 17    :          trying circumstances, the laity do what they can to take
 96 ApostActuos,  4, 17    :         widely dispersed. Here the laity who engage in the apostolate
 97 ApostActuos,  4, 19    :           Church authorities,5 the laity have the right to found
 98 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :           20. Many decades ago the laity in many nations began to
 99 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :           the collaboration of the laity in the apostolate of the
100 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :    hierarchy in their own way, the laity contribute the benefit of
101 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :          things to be done.~c) The laity act together in the manner
102 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :   apostolate of the hierarchy, the laity function under the higher
103 ApostActuos,  4, 20    :         and invites the clergy and laity working in them to develop
104 ApostActuos,  4, 21    :            priests, Religious, and laity and promoted according to
105 ApostActuos,  5, 23    :             the Religious, and the laity.~
106 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :      promote the apostolate of the laity, provide it with spiritual
107 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :          by the free choice of the laity and regulated by their prudent
108 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :           of the apostolate of the laity are given explicit recognition
109 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :         must be preserved, and the laity must not be deprived of
110 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :          hierarchy entrusts to the laity certain functions which
111 ApostActuos,  5, 24    :        virtue of this mission, the laity are fully subject to higher
112 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :          faithful, both clergy and laity, and that the laity also
113 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :            and laity, and that the laity also have their own roles
114 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :          work fraternally with the laity in and for the Church and
115 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :           of the apostolate of the laity and are properly trained.5
116 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :      promote proper relations been laity and hierarchy. They should
117 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :       continuous dialogue with the laity, these priests should carefully
118 ApostActuos,  5, 25    :         the apostolic works of the laity and willingly devote themselves
119 ApostActuos,  5, 26    :          should cooperate with the laity. While preserving the proper
120 ApostActuos,  5, 26    :          apostolic programs of the laity, promoting research into
121 ApostActuos,  5, 26    :        assisting the hierarchy and laity in their apostolic works
122 ApostActuos,  5, 26    :           of the apostolate of the laity throughout the world should
123 ApostActuos,  5, 26    :          are to cooperate with the laity.~
124 ApostActuos,  5, 27    :           temporal activities, the laity bear witness to Christ,
125 ApostActuos,  6, 29    :                      29. Since the laity share in their own way in
126 ApostActuos,  6, 29    :   beginning of their formation the laity should gradually and prudently
127 ApostActuos,  6, 30    :            on the formation of the laity for the apostolate in their
128 ApostActuos,  6, 30    :           of the apostolate of the laity by their vocation and office,
129 ApostActuos,  6, 31    :           and sanctifying men, the laity must be specially formed
130 ApostActuos,  6, 31    :           even among Catholic, the laity should not only learn doctrine
131 ApostActuos,  6, 31    :            the temporal order, the laity should be instructed in
132 ApostActuos,  6, 32    :          natural capacities of the laity-men and women, young persons
133 ApostActuos,  Exhor, 33:         earnestly entreats all the laity in the Lord to answer gladly,
134 ApostActuos,  Exhor, 33:          His invitation to all the laity to come closer to Him every
135 OptatTotius,  4, 11    :         their fellows and with the laity.~The whole pattern of seminary
136 OptatTotius,  6, 20    :          apostolic activity of the laity and in promoting the various
137 ChristDomin,  2, 15    :            clerics, religious, and laity according to the special
138 ChristDomin,  2, 17    :           of the apostolate of the laity, especially Catholic Action.
139 ChristDomin,  2, 30    :        also the cooperation of the laity, establishing also the Confraternity
140 UnitatRedint,  2, 6    : catechetics, the apostolate of the laity, new forms of religious
141 OrientEccles,  1, 4    :         interritual questions. The laity, too, should be taught as
142 InterMirific,  1, 3    :           family. In addition, the laity especially must strive to
143 InterMirific,  2, 13   :      preaching responsibility. The laity, too, who have something