Sentence examples for ecclesiastical superior from inspiring English sources

The consecration of the newly minted bishop by his ecclesiastical superior then usually followed.

On November 4, 2014 Pope Francis appointed Rev. Giovanni M. Scalese, CRSP as the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris in Afghanistan.

Mapenor gave Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mapenor's ecclesiastical superior, a declaration of obedience on 27 October 1216, and was consecrated on 18 December 1216 by Sylvester the Bishop of Worcester.

We all expected that Mitt would support the decision of his ecclesiastical superior [the stake president] and when he denounced her and essentially shouted at her that she was wrong--that she was immoral and selfish--I thought, are you kidding me?

Catholicos, Greek Katholikos, ("universal" bishop), in Eastern Christian Churches, title of certain ecclesiastical superiors.

This is the gist of Luther's argument in the Ninety-five Theses, which he sent to his ecclesiastical superiors to persuade them to abandon the indulgence sale.

Wycliffe preached acceptably in London in support of moderate disendowment, but the alliance with Gaunt led to the displeasure of his ecclesiastical superiors, and he was summoned to appear before them in February 1377.

It also permitted them a little space in which to maneuver, because the wall that kept them in also kept fathers, uncles, and brothers out and allowed nuns to stay out of sight and, if they kept their wits about them, out of mind when it came to their meddling male ecclesiastical superiors.

While Buridan maintained a good relationship with his ecclesiastical superiors, Nicholas did not: the latter's works were condemned and publicly burned.

Dissenters like Pascal were not required to assent, in conscience, to what they did not believe; but they were required to assent in their behaviour, and to obey their political and ecclesiastical superiors.

Vicar, (from Latin vicarius, "substitute"), an official acting in some special way for a superior, primarily an ecclesiastical title in the Christian Church.