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Why do the monks and nuns appear on the bottom of the pyramid?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 11/17/2022

Monks and nuns, although they have given their lives to God under solemn vows, and considered "religious" nevertheless are not clergy, they fall under laity. So if you are considering a pyramid of the clergy, they are not even on it.

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∙ 11y ago

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