Sentence examples for of consecration from inspiring English sources
I didn't know what to make of it at first, but by the time it got to the moment of consecration, and the priest held aloft the consecrated host, it was almost like the heavens parted, and I really saw what it was all about".
A magnificent evening of consecration.
Her wanton desire, suggested the 11th-century monk Peter Damian, threatened the efficacy of consecration.
Beyond its specific basis in Judaism, the ketubah represented to the Austins a broader concept of holiness, of consecration.
Eastern Orthodox and Eastern rite churches use a distinct invocation of the Holy Spirit after the words of consecration.
His election was declared invalid, his acts were quashed, and his fingers of consecration were cut off.
In the Old Testament, which has served as the basis for many kinds of consecrations in Christianity, among the persons consecrated were priests (Exodus 39), kings (1 Samuel 10), and prophets (1 Chronicles 16).
10) BREADCRUMB TRAIL This year marks the 800th anniversary of the consecration of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of the pilgrimage trail known as the Camino de Santiago.
The schism spread great uncertainty throughout Europe about the validity of the consecration of bishops and the sacraments as administered by the priests they ordained.
The introduction of royal consecration and the creation of the empire afforded the clergy an opportunity to elaborate a new conception of power based on religious principles.
The Roman Catholic ceremony of episcopal consecration begins with the reading of authorization for the ceremony, the mandate of the pope, to whom the bishop-elect pledges loyalty.
