Sentence examples for clerical authority from inspiring English sources

Medieval Paris often saw conflict between lay and clerical authority over miscreant students.

But he also dares to bypass all clerical authority in conveying his thoughts on the divine.

The terror and the fall of the Taliban reduced clerical authority, too.

The salutary benefit may be to buttress waning clerical authority, since indulgence practice rewards deference to clerical authority with the attractive albeit unverifiable promise of decreased punishment in the afterlife.

When the great wave of Irish immigrants began in 1845, deference to clerical authority crossed the Atlantic with them.

The books contained therein were on the Index, and could not be read without permission from a clerical authority.

Ahmadinejad's decision to pardon the men is subject to review by Iran's clerical authorities.

Iran doesn't need to fear the religious influence of the marjaiya, or top clerical authorities, in Najaf and Karbala.

Mir Hosein Mousavi, the so-far-thwarted chief challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had been duly vetted by the clerical authorities as a proponent of their rule.

Several times, Abu Jandal quoted clerical authorities or chapters from the Koran, but he found that Soufan was more than a match for him on theological matters.

The Obama administration has recognized the danger of the Islamic State's appeal and has pushed for political steps to combat it, such as public statements by clerical authorities.