Sentence examples for of being consecrated from inspiring English sources

Having been appointed to the former, he was obliged to step down after one of the Church of England's characteristically unedifying adventures in HR; we hear now that opposition to his proposed appointment to the latter is so intense that Dale Winton has a better chance of being consecrated than the long-suffering dean.

The problem with the English church concerned the subordination of Scottish sees to the archbishops of York and/or Canterbury, an issue which since his election in 1124 had prevented Robert of Scone from being consecrated to the see of St Andrews (Cell Ríghmonaidh).

Miraculously, however, the oil burned for eight days, the time it took for a new batch of oil to be consecrated.

Unrest of the cathedral chapter threatened a revocation of the grant, and it became necessary for a member of the family to be consecrated bishop as soon as possible.

The other English bishops present at Reims Hilary of Chichester and Josceline de Bohon —refused to help with the consecration, claiming it was contrary to custom for an English bishop to be consecrated outside of England.

He was archdeacon of Canterbury (1148) and chaplain to King Stephen before being consecrated archbishop of York (October 1154).

Fasting is an internal reorientation, that affects not only the stomach, but also the eyes, ears and mouth, all of which are consecrated to God, leading to the sanctification and transformation of the person.

The kings of Denmark were consecrated in Viborg from 1027 onward.

In 790 a young Cambodian prince, claiming to be descended from the rulers of Funan, was consecrated in eastern Cambodia under the title Jayavarman II.

During this regency the Church of Moerari was consecrated and the death penalty was abolished.

In England, the Anglo-Saxon king Eardwulf of Northumbria was "consecrated and enthroned" in 796, and Æthelstan was crowned and anointed in 925.