Sentence examples for ecclesiastical duties from inspiring English sources

He administered his ecclesiastical duties capably, but the clergy's confidence in the legality of his election decreased.

Serious and demanding, he moved the family across the frontier just a few weeks after Angela's birth — and against his wife's wishes — to take up ecclesiastical duties in the German Democratic Republic.

Beginning in March , 1978 Romero sat in front of a microphone almost every night and recorded a diary, offering his reflections on a variety of subjects, from his regular ecclesiastical duties to the political turmoil and violence that were engulfing El Salvador.

It was already clear, however, that he did not have a true religious vocation; he was better known at the papal court for his hunting parties, his amorous liaisons, and his magnificent clothes than for the meticulous observance of his ecclesiastical duties.

In addition to his ecclesiastical duties, he served as a commissioner for the Domesday Book.

Conflicts between his ecclesiastical duties and his government duties made him the target of criticism from both sides.

As a bishop, it was de Gray's ecclesiastical duty to enforce the interdict, but by going to Ireland, which was not under interdict, he could continue to serve the king without provoking the papacy.

Radcliffe was an ancient parish which in its early history had duties which combined both ecclesiastical and civil matters.

If you consider Franklin Graham a prophet, a steadfast man of God only doing his duty as God's ecclesiastical hitman, you'll probably want to stop reading now, because the rest of this is just going to raise your blood pressure.

In medieval times the notary was an ecclesiastical officer who preserved evidence, but his duties were mainly secular.

As the Middle Ages advanced, the system of delegation of duties became excessively organized, and an ecclesiastical bureaucracy came into being.