Laity in the Church
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Laity in the Church refers to all baptized faithful who are not ordained clergy or members of religious institutes and who are called to sanctify the world by living out the Gospel in their everyday family, social, and professional lives.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lay Members of Christ’s Faithful People | 2 |
| Catholic laity | 1 |
| Laity in the Church canonical | 1 |
| laity of the Church of England | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1389484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laity in the Church Context triple: [Lumen Gentium, subject, Laity in the Church]
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A.
Section for the Laity
Section for the Laity is a department within the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life that focuses on promoting and supporting the vocation, mission, and participation of lay people in the life and mission of the Church.
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B.
House of Laity
The House of Laity is the chamber of the Church of England’s General Synod that represents lay (non-ordained) church members in its governance and decision-making.
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C.
The Church as Communion
The Church as Communion is a key Anglican–Roman Catholic ecumenical document that explores the nature of the Church as a community of believers united in faith, sacraments, and mission.
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D.
In Service to the Church in the World
"In Service to the Church in the World" is the guiding motto of Princeton Theological Seminary, expressing its commitment to preparing leaders for faithful Christian ministry and global engagement.
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E.
A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline
A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline is a 17th-century Puritan treatise by Thomas Hooker that systematically outlines and defends his views on congregational church governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laity in the Church Target entity description: Laity in the Church refers to all baptized faithful who are not ordained clergy or members of religious institutes and who are called to sanctify the world by living out the Gospel in their everyday family, social, and professional lives.
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A.
Section for the Laity
Section for the Laity is a department within the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life that focuses on promoting and supporting the vocation, mission, and participation of lay people in the life and mission of the Church.
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B.
House of Laity
The House of Laity is the chamber of the Church of England’s General Synod that represents lay (non-ordained) church members in its governance and decision-making.
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C.
The Church as Communion
The Church as Communion is a key Anglican–Roman Catholic ecumenical document that explores the nature of the Church as a community of believers united in faith, sacraments, and mission.
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D.
In Service to the Church in the World
"In Service to the Church in the World" is the guiding motto of Princeton Theological Seminary, expressing its commitment to preparing leaders for faithful Christian ministry and global engagement.
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E.
A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline
A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline is a 17th-century Puritan treatise by Thomas Hooker that systematically outlines and defends his views on congregational church governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecclesiological category
ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ |
| actsIn |
family life
ⓘ
professional life ⓘ social life ⓘ |
| aimsAt | ordering temporal affairs to God ⓘ |
| calledTo |
holiness
ⓘ
live out the Gospel in everyday life ⓘ participate in the mission of the Church ⓘ sanctify the world ⓘ |
| canBe |
married
ⓘ
single ⓘ widowed ⓘ |
| canExercise |
catechetical service
ⓘ
leadership roles in lay associations ⓘ liturgical roles permitted to non-ordained ⓘ various ministries in the Church ⓘ |
| canInclude | members of secular institutes in some usages ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
life and mission of the parish
ⓘ
social and cultural life informed by Christian faith ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
members of religious institutes
ⓘ
ordained clergy ⓘ |
| excludedFrom |
religious consecration in institutes of consecrated life
ⓘ
sacrament of Holy Orders ⓘ |
| forms | the majority of Church members ⓘ |
| hasBasisIn | baptism ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalDefinitionIn |
1983 Code of Canon Law
ⓘ
linked to:
Code of Canon Law (1983)
|
| hasRole |
evangelization
ⓘ
service of charity ⓘ transforming temporal order according to Gospel values ⓘ witness to Christ in the world ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
living Christian vocation in the world
ⓘ
secular character ⓘ |
| isDefinedIn |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Orthodox churches
many Protestant churches ⓘ |
| isDescribedIn |
Apostolicam Actuositatem
ⓘ
Christifideles Laici ⓘ Lumen Gentium ⓘ |
| isGroundedIn | universal call to holiness ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
the People of God
ⓘ
linked to:
People of God
|
| mayBelongTo |
diocesan pastoral councils
ⓘ
lay ecclesial movements ⓘ parish councils ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
kingly office of Christ
ⓘ
priestly office of Christ in a common way ⓘ prophetic office of Christ ⓘ |
| refersTo |
all baptized faithful who are not members of religious institutes
ⓘ
all baptized faithful who are not ordained clergy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Laity in the Church Description of subject: Laity in the Church refers to all baptized faithful who are not ordained clergy or members of religious institutes and who are called to sanctify the world by living out the Gospel in their everyday family, social, and professional lives.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Laity in the Church
linked to: Laity in the Church
linked to: Laity in the Church
subject linked to:
Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici
linked to: Laity in the Church