Sentence examples for by consecration from inspiring English sources

His service to several parishes from 1589 was followed by consecration as bishop of Chichester in 1605 and his transfer to Ely in 1609 and to Winchester in 1619; he had earlier refused the sees of Salisbury and Ely because Elizabeth I had insisted that he cooperate with the crown in reducing the power of the church.

Bróðir had been "a Christian man and a mass-deacon by consecration", but he had apostatised and become "of all men most skilled in sorcery".

The debate has been given added force by the completion of the nave last autumn, by its consecration by the Pope and by the recent decision of the city of Barcelona to award the new work its highest architectural prize, but it goes back decades.

The man chosen was first to be invested with the regalia, or powers, privileges, and lands pertaining to his office as vassal, for which he did homage to the emperor, and then with the spiritualia, or ecclesiastical powers and lands, symbolized by the staff and ring, which he acquired by his consecration and from his ecclesiastical superior, who represented the authority of the church.

South Africa has brought us a more liberal, Western-oriented view of the faith — Bishop Tutu and his successor, the current bishop, were not at all bothered by the consecration of a gay man in the United States.

Similarly, his kingship bestowed upon him a quasi-spiritual role, symbolized by his consecration with holy oil at his coronation, which obliged him to govern justly in accordance with the laws of God and Christian morality.

South Africa has brought us a more liberal, Western-oriented view of the faith Bishop Tutu and his successor, the current bishop, were not at all bothered by the consecration of a gay man in the United States.

The daughter of a leading liberal Episcopal bishop, she recalls being spooked by the consecration ceremony in which he lay facedown on the floor of the cathedral in Chicago with his legs and arms stretched out in the shape of a cross.

African church leaders have threatened to walk out at the start of a week-long meeting of 38 national primates in Canterbury which begins on Monday to try to resolve a long-running dispute triggered by the consecration of an openly gay bishop in the United States.

The progress of the Reformation was further speeded by the consecration of more reformers as bishops.

In September 822, Wulfred reached a settlement with Coenwulf's successor Ceolwulf signified by the consecration of Ceolwulf as king, which had been delayed about a year because of the dispute with the archbishop.