A dielectric ceramic and a laminated ceramic capacitor using the dielectric ceramic are achieved which provide favorable thermal shock resistance without damaging properties or characteristics such as dielectric properties, insulation properties, temperature characteristics, and characteristics in high temperature loading, even when the dielectric layers are reduced in thickness and the number of stacked layers increased. The dielectric ceramic contains, as its main constituent, a barium titanate based compound represented by the general formula ABO3, and a crystalline oxide containing Al, Mg, and Si is present as secondary phase grains in the dielectric ceramic.