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Originally Posted by IrishLake
It's cool, I sensed no snark.  (and welcome lurker!) Yes, what AnotherKD said. We had nuns who taught, one priest who taught an advanced theology class (I didn't take it), and one woman who was a self-described "lay person." She was divorced, had a daughter, so couldn't become a nun. But she took a vow of celibacy and poverty anyway, so I guess that's what defined her as "lay." I don't think many (if any) of the other teachers would consider themselves lay people. Just teachers.  |
If they were Catholic they were lay people. The other individual was also a lay person but was using the word wrong. The laity is just non clergy/non religious and refers to everyone who sits in the pews so to speak.