Monolithic ceramic capacitor

A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising at least three dielectric ceramic layers, at least two internal electrodes between adjacent dielectric ceramic layers such that an end of each of the internal electrodes is exposed at a different side surface of said capacitor, and external electrodes electrically connected to the exposed internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric ceramic layers comprise a main component comprising (a) barium titanate having a content of alkali metal oxides impurities in an amount of not more than about 0.02% by weight, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of scandium oxide and yttrium oxide, (c) at least one member selected from the group consisting of samarium oxide and europium oxide, and (d manganese oxide, cobalt oxide and nickel oxide, said main component having the following composition formula

• (1-.alpha.-.beta.-.gamma.){BaO}.sub.m.TiO.sub.2 +.alpha.M.sub.2 O.sub.3 +.beta.Re.sub.2 O.sub.3 +.gamma.(Mn.sub.1-x-y Ni.sub.x Co.sub.y)O
• wherein M.sub.2 O.sub.3 is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 ;
• Re.sub.2 O.sub.3 is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Sm.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Eu.sub.2 O.sub.3 and .alpha., .beta., .gamma., m, x, and y are
• 0. 0025.ltoreq..alpha.+.beta..ltoreq.0.025
• 0<.beta..ltoreq.0.0075
• 0.0015.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.0.05
• .gamma./(.alpha.+.beta.).ltoreq.4
• 0.ltoreq.x<1.0
• 0.ltoreq.y<1.0
• 0.ltoreq.x+y<1.0
• 1.000<m.ltoreq.1.035;
• magnesium oxide in an amount of from about 0.5 to 5.0 mols as MgO to 100 mols of said main constituent;
• and
• an Li.sub.2 O--B.sub.2 O.sub.3 --(Si, Ti)O.sub.2 oxide glass in an amount of from about 0.2 to 3.0 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the sum total of said main constituent and said magnesium oxide.