Sentence examples for ecclesiastical sphere from inspiring English sources
Thereafter, Georgia remained in the ecclesiastical sphere of Antioch and also under the influence of neighbouring Armenia.
In his plenitude of power, the pope possesses an absolute supremacy both in the ecclesiastical and in the temporal sphere, and delegates the exercise of the temporal "sword" to lay sovereigns only in order to fulfill most properly his higher religious duties.
Their power within their own official sphere was further diminished by ecclesiastical immunities (Passau in particular but also Salzburg, Regensburg, and Freising), with numerous monasteries owning large territories as well.
He has therefore also been seen as the representative of the opposition by the traditional elites to Nikephoros's policies, both in the confessional area, where the Emperor maintained a carefully neutral stance towards both iconoclasts and iconophiles, and in the socio-financial sphere, where new taxes on landed property and the expropriation of ecclesiastical estates hurt their interests.
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.
Other enemies included wealthy ecclesiastical landowners.
