Should I rush/pledge at mizzou?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by sunnyday

Sorry for the confusion. I'm a lifelong Catholic and we use the term "lay person" to mean anyone who is non-clergy. It has nothing to do with obtaining a degree. So a layperson, to me, would mean someone who was not a nun, etc, regardless of their degree status.

Except, of course, that a nun is not clergy either; clergy = bishop, priest or deacon.

I think the group of people you're trying to describe would be lay (not clergy) and non-religious (not members of a religious order of monks, friars, nuns or sisters. Clergy can be religious or secular.)

[sunnyday]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Except, of course, that a nun is not clergy either; clergy = bishop, priest or deacon.

I think the group of people you're trying to describe would be lay (not clergy) and non-religious (not members of a religious order of monks, friars, nuns or sisters. Clergy can be religious or secular.)

Goodness, yes. Sorry again. That's what I meant. But either way, if someone said that there were no nuns and no lay people teaching in a school here, we (at my parish, at least) would not know who was left, really.