laical


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la·ic

 (lā′ĭk) also la·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the laity; secular.
n.
A layperson.

[Late Latin lāicus; see lay2.]

la′i·cal·ly adv.
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laical

(ˈleɪɪkəl)
adj
(Ecclesiastical Terms) of or involving the laity; secular
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``ere you put your hand on the Church's patrimony These things are inter res sacras, and I wot not what judgment might ensue were they to be handled by laical hands.''
Unos estan llamados al matrimonio; otros, al celibato; unos a la vida laical; otros al sacerdocio; otros a la vida consagrada...
Segun la vision tradicional, de orientacion "jerarcologica" o estamental, la Iglesia seria ante todo una sociedad desigual, jerarquicamente organizada por la distincion entre el estado clerical y el estado laical. La diversidad producida en la sociedad eclesiastica por el sacramento del orden seria el presupuesto para cualquier otra consideracion.
A desvalorizacao do estatuto laical, discurso central da instituicao eclesiastica, raramente foi aceite de modo passivo, pese embora a conviccao generalizada - que nao era so oriunda do pensamento eclesiastico, estava presente na cultura classica - da supremacia do espiritual sobre o material, da vida consagrada sobre a vida no seculo, das ocupacoes religiosas sobre as mundanas, do perigo da riqueza para a salvacao.
(21) Before his involvement in the council, Congar had published Jalons pour une theologie du laical (Lay People in the Church) on the participation of the laity in each of the three offices.