The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation.
Karl BarthAs ministers we ought to speak of God. We are human, however, and so cannot speak of God. We ought therefore to recognize both our obligation and our inability and by that very recognition give glory to God
Karl BarthThe nativity mystery โconceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Maryโ, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his โclimbing down of Godโ is: Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary! Here is a human being, the Virgin Mary, and as he comes from God, Jesus comes also from this human being. Born of the Virgin Mary means a human origin for God. Jesus Christ is not only truly God, he is human like every one of us. He is human without limitation. He is not only similar to us, he is like us.
Karl Barth