Sentence examples for authority bishop from inspiring English sources

It is unclear how much authority Bishop Lennon will have in dealing with the serious issues confronting the archdiocese, like whether to seek bankruptcy protection as a way of coping with hundreds of lawsuits stemming from the scandal.

After the meeting, campaigner Steve Jolly called for the chair of the authority, Bishop Derek Webley, to stand down.

"Defendant Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to a point of engaging in a sexual relationship," said a suit filed by one of the men, Maurice Robinson, 20.

Under his legatine authority, the bishop held legatine councils of the church at Gloucester and Westminster in 1190.

In its strictest definition, the magisterium refers to the teaching authority of bishops and the pope.

It is, in other words, the sacramental sign of the succession of the full power of spiritual authority of bishops and priests.

But the compact, known as "Called to Common Mission," brings together two denominations that have long been separated by fundamental differences over the role and authority of bishops.

Gnosticism, with its emphasis on individual divinity and unmediated personal communion, was a threat to the authority of bishops and priests.

In the last few years, Episcopalians who wanted to leave the church but remain in the Anglican Communion put themselves under the authority of bishops in Africa and Latin America.

To explain the power of the hierarchy, the authority of bishops and the lowly place of priests in that pecking order.

The consecrations, which might be likened to a county sheriff's appointing a deputy to work in another county, led to questions as to who would recognize the men as having the authority of bishops.