The point of the ritual was to purify the guilty and to re-establish the holy bond with God through the blood of the consecrated victim.
In 1181 Pope Lucius III became concerned that Geoffrey was never going to be ordained or consecrated, and demanded that the bishop-elect's position be regularised, either through consecration as bishop or through resignation.
Resolution of the matter was delayed through the turbulent reign of Archbishop Cyril (consecrated 7 December 1859, deposed 24 August 1866), and the situation only formalised after the restoration of peace.
This Element explores the mechanisms through which 'African literature', as a market category, has been consecrated within the global literary field.
Through the ritual of the Mass conducted by a priest, consecrated bread and wine are believed to undergo a literal transformation — transubstantiation — into the living body of Jesus, which can then be absorbed through ingestion by worshipers.
It was through the world of music specifically that her own fame was consecrated.
Sergius, consecrated pope on Jan . 29 904, allied himself with Theophylactus, who became virtual dictator of the papal administration and, through the pope's help, expanded his territorial claims.
The Parthenon was consecrated in Athens.
He was consecrated about Jan . 15 708.
No Puritan meetinghouse was ever consecrated.
