Sentence examples for has consecrated from inspiring English sources
His minder asks him to describe the outside of the house he has "consecrated".
(AP) BLOOMFIELD: LATINO EPISCOPAL BISHOP INSTALLED The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut has consecrated its first Latino bishop.
"Strangely, Argentina has consecrated tango and literature, which are a great mixture of cultural influences, but not the third manifestation of this mixing, which is architecture".
"More important than the documents themselves," he wrote, "the Council has consecrated a new spirit, destined in the course of time to remake the face of Catholicism.
At one end of the spectrum, the Episcopal church in America has consecrated an openly lesbian bishop; at the other end, African bishops have supported harsh anti-gay laws.
In the past two years, the Patriotic Catholic Association, which does not recognize papal authority, has consecrated a number of bishops over the Holy See's objections, resulting in their automatic excommunication.
"It is clear that those who have consecrated Gene Robinson have acted in good faith on their understanding of what the constitution of the American church permits.
Mr Johnson wrote: "In every subsequent treaty revision they have consecrated this right to national self-determination; and no one makes a fuss.
Then the 1998 Lambeth Conference, the once-a-decade gathering of worldwide Anglicans, passed the resolution declaring homosexuality "incompatible with Scripture"; within five years, the American church had consecrated a gay bishop.
Moreover, the provinces of Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda, passionate critics of the Episcopal Church, have consecrated conservative American clergy as their bishops in the United States to serve disaffected congregations, a move Episcopal Church leaders view as a violation of the church's authority.
A14 Challenge to Church Leadership The top officials of two Anglican church provinces overseas, in Africa and Asia, have consecrated two conservative American priests as bishops to minister to Episcopalians in the United States who feel alienated from their denomination.
