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Gustave Thils, « Les laïcs : à la recherche d'une définition », Revue Théologique de Louvain, ID : 10.3406/thlou.1988.2303
To the question : what is a "Lay Person ?", one can answer, so it seems, in three points : a. he/she is a disciple of Christ, a "Christian", with ail the doctrinal and spiritual richness this term indicates ; b. he/she enjoys an existence in the world, "secular", which is "full", meaning "in allfields" ; c. he/she can participate in a "multiformous" way in the activities of the life of the ecclesial community.