Sentence examples for ecclesiastical knowledge from inspiring English sources

The team found a further gaping hole in ecclesiastical knowledge – no reliable list of parishes existed either.

(Orwell, who always displayed an intricate knowledge of ecclesiastical matters, left instructions in his will that he be buried according to the rites of the Church of England).

Thus it is that the history of the Middle Ages, to the extent that they were dominated by ecclesiastical concerns, cannot be written without knowledge of the ecclesiastical institutions that were governed according to canon law.

His Correspondence, containing more than 160 letters, is a rich source for knowledge of the outstanding Byzantine ecclesiastical and political figures of the period.

There is no doubt that Wulfstan had a penchant for law; his knowledge of previous Anglo-Saxon law (both royal and ecclesiastical), as well as ninth-century Carolingian law, was considerable.

Although Frederick sought to exonerate himself with Pope Honorius III by claiming that the election had been held without his knowledge, he had to pay for it by surrendering extensive royal prerogatives to the German ecclesiastical princes.

It's the ecclesiastical Oscars.

There were also ecclesiastical schools.

What are Archbishop Nichols' ecclesiastical qualifications?

Ah, large-scale ecclesiastical patronage.

He certainly held ecclesiastical benefices.