A multi-layer ceramic capacitor having temperature characteristics capable of satisfying X8R characteristics and having a high specific resistance in a high temperature environment and dielectric ceramics used in the capacitor, the dielectric ceramics containing, as a main ingredient, a compound represented by:
(Bi0.5Na0.5)xBa1-xTiO3
in which x is from 0.05 to 0.2 and containing,
from 0.25 mol to 1.50 mol of at least one rare earth metal selected from Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Y based on 100 mol of the main ingredient,
from 0.20 mol to 1.5 mol of Mg based on 100 mol of the main ingredient, and
from 0.03 mol to 0.60 mol of at least one metal selected from V, Cr, and Mn based on 100 mol of the main ingredient.