ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

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Who were lay mystics?
A
people who attempt to found their own religious orders
B
people who reject asceticism and contemplation
C
people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order
D
people who were formally tied to religious orders
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In religious organizations, the laity (/ˈleɪəti/) consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother.

Detailed explanation-2: -Agnostic theism, agnostotheism, or agnostitheism is the philosophical view that encompasses both theism and agnosticism. An agnostic theist believes in the existence of one or more gods, but regards the basis of this proposition as unknown or inherently unknowable.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are Christian mystics, Jewish mystics, Muslim mystics, Buddhist mystics, Hindu mystics, Protestant mystics, and Catholic mystics. While mysticism is not a religion, it is practiced devotedly in different religions of the world. Mysticism is within most religious beliefs, meditations, and mystical experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Benedict of Nursia (c. 480–547) is considered the father of religious life in the Western tradition, as all religious rules have been influenced in part by the rule he composed from 530 to 540.

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