Question

Who were the “secular clergy”?
Correct Answer(s):
Incorrect Answer(s):

1. clergy who ministered to the laity
2. church leaders who “lived in the world”
3. individuals devoted to perpetual prayer and communal living away from the secular world
4. monks
5. bishops and priests

Answer 1

Correct answers: 1, 2, 5.

Explanation: The "secular clergy" were clerics (bishops, parish priests, etc.) who lived and worked in the world among the laity rather than under a religious rule or in monastic community. Options 3 and 4 describe regular/cloistered clergy (monks, those in perpetual communal prayer), so they are incorrect.