Sentence examples for refused to consecrate from inspiring English sources

And the Roman Catholic authorities were offended by the church's unusual curved concrete form and refused to consecrate it until 1959.

Following papal bans against lay lords investing churchmen with their lands and against churchmen rendering homage to laymen, Anselm refused to consecrate bishops whom Henry had invested and declined to do homage to Henry himself.

As a result, Lanfranc refused to consecrate him.

He also refused to consecrate Spearhafoc, Edward's choice to succeed Robert as Bishop of London.

Thomas declined to make such a written promise, so Lanfranc refused to consecrate him.

Thomas refused to consecrate Anselm if the latter was referred to as Primate of England.

Despite instructions from Paschal's successors, Gelasius II and Calixtus II, the archbishop continued to refuse to consecrate Thurstan, and Thurstan was still unconsecrated when Ralph died.

Serving during the disorders of Stephen's reign, Theobald succeeded in forcing peace on the king by refusing to consecrate Stephen's son and heir, Eustace.

In refusing to consecrate Spearhafoc, Robert may have been following his own interests against the wishes of both the king and Godwin, as he had his own candidate, a Norman, in mind.

Alhfrith had him elected bishop of York, but Wilfrid refused to be consecrated by Celtic bishops and was therefore consecrated at Compiègne, Fr.

When a newly appointed bishop refused to be consecrated by him and instead travelled to distant Rome for consecration by the Pope, Gerbert hastened to Rome to defend the legitimacy of his election.