Sentence examples for ecclesiastical authorities from inspiring English sources

In 1972, ecclesiastical authorities initiated demolition of the choir area without authorization from the Federal government, but were stopped.

"They have shown rebelliousness to the ecclesiastical authorities, disobedience.

They did little to appease the ecclesiastical authorities, whose alienation contributed to his downfall.

Gradually, ecclesiastical authorities intervened more directly in the process of canonization.

Many were forbidden by ecclesiastical authorities, and many more were suppressed after the Reformation.

Wyntoun drew freely on ancient monastic records, Latin chronicles, standard ecclesiastical authorities, and other Scottish chronicles.

It fought back in 1995 when the ecclesiastical authorities were given, in effect, a legal veto over annulments.

When the polity started to introduce legislation in opposition to the Catholic ethic, the ecclesiastical authorities and part of the population reacted.

The party of the converted, the "New Lights," which also absorbed people with economic discontents, put unprecedented demands on civil and ecclesiastical authorities.

The Roman archdiocese also reiterated Monday that the city's ecclesiastical authorities would not allow a public funeral in any of its churches.

While popular "messiahs" continued to emerge, the period after the year 1000 gave rise to much larger movements that were often initially approved by ecclesiastical authorities.