Mr. Rand consults rabbinic commentaries aplenty, but his images are never literal illustrations of the text, as indicated by the floating astronaut or the egg featured in #454 ("Observe the laws of menstrual impurity") or two knights sword fighting in #596 ("Destroy the seven Canaanite nations") or the moose in #442 ("Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another").
Torches have been used throughout history: in ancient Assyria and Babylonia they were used to carry a newly consecrated fire from torch to torch throughout the city three times a month; in ancient Rome they were sometimes placed in a hollow clay or metal shaft; and in the ancient Hebraic religion a lamp (ner) filled with sacred oil was used in the worship of the god Yahweh.
The Dean of Westminster pours consecrated oil from an eagle-shaped ampulla into a spoon with which the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints the Sovereign on the hands, head, and heart.
In its charter, historical Palestine — the territory min al-nahr ila al-bahr, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean — is declared part of the Islamic waqf ("endowment"), "consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgment Day," and indivisible.
At the turn of the century, the Church barred suicides from consecrated ground.
The kings of Denmark were consecrated in Viborg from 1027 onward.
Handfuls of earth from Sasun are thrown into graves and at one recent baptism the proud parents gave the priest consecrated oil brought from there.
The Council of Constance (1414 18) condemned Wyclif's writings and ordered his books burned and his body removed from consecrated ground.
Her departure from field consecrated to Marilyn Miller, etc. not wholly pique, as newspapers stated, over acclaim accorded Louise Brown and William Kent by critics.
Last January, Anglican Church leaders from Rwanda and Southeast Asia consecrated two American priests as bishops, and sent them back to the United States to minister to conservative parishes, a direct challenge to local bishops' authority.
