If it had been wholly silent, no one could have appealed to its decision: but by consecrating mere Force, it has promoted Injustice, and in so far has made that Love impossible, which it desired to establish.
Either because running water was not always at hand, or as part of the growing tendency of the church to multiply ceremonies, rituals arose late in the 3rd century for consecrating water.
In Vedic times, at the Rajasuya, or inauguration of a king, some water from the holy river Sarasvati was mixed with the sprinkling water used for consecrating the king.
Let us come together, in this autumn of 1912, this unprecedented year of suffrage, consecrating ourselves anew on this, the greatest of all battlegrounds for democracy, the United States of America.
The form of Ordaining and Consecrating of an Archbishop or Bishop.
Now it was too that he made his second great mistake ofconsecrating an English Clergyman as bishop, and two laymen as presbyters of the American Societies.
The form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
A common form of commission[163] to a suffragan bishop includes the consecrating of widows.
This right extends to consecrating a church within the parish[16] and, of course, to holding ordinations and confirmations.
From a telegram from the Minister Stourdza to the Dowager Princess of Wied:-- “We have in consecrating the Episcopal Church of Arges taken part in a beautiful and ideal fête which nothing could further enhance.
We were consecrating a splendid Temple of Peace to the God of Heaven whilst dreadful disorders surrounded us.
Happy Christmas, Leighton, and many thanks to you for this consecrating service in my place of prayer.
But the intention of the priest is essential in pronouncing absolution, and the intention of the bishop is essential in consecrating the priest.
The prophet Zechariah foresaw a time when the bells of the horses should bear the same consecrating legend that shone upon the forehead of the priest: HOLY UNTO THE LORD (Zech.
One might urge that the spices and frankincense and salt were not in themselves sacred: there was no consecrating efficacy in their combination, no charm or spell in the union of these, more than of any other drugs.
In later times the custom arose of consecrating bishops for this purpose, or merely as an honorary distinction, with a title derived from some place once included within, but now beyond the bounds of Christendom.
The essential "form" of the consecration is in the simultaneous "laying on of hands" by the consecrating prelates.
At forty minutes after three the conclusion of the ceremony of consecrating the banners was announced, by a heavy discharge of the artillery, and the sound of martial music.
When they had ascended the altar they began the ceremony of consecrating it.
This King not only testified his esteem of Crebillon by having his works printed at the Louvre, but also by consecrating to his glory a tomb of marble.
Mabillon has preserved a curious literary blunder of some pious Spaniards, who applied to the Pope for consecrating a day in honour of Saint Viar.
The tzar endeavored to efface from his memory these tragic scenes by consecrating himself, with new energy, to the promotion of the interests of Russia.
He also made the tour of the city, bearing the sacred banner, and consecrating Kezan to the true God.
In giving himself up to his studies, and consecrating himself to the service of the altar, he will be cured of his passion.
Don Luis had spent the whole morning alone, delivered up to his melancholy thoughts, and continuing firm as a rock in his resolution of blotting from his soul the image of Pepita, and of consecrating himself wholly to God.
Finding it impossible to return to Lake Huron, Father Jogues joined Father Buteux in the duties of the holy ministry at the new town of Montreal, to which its founders gave the name of the City of Mary, in consecrating it to the Mother of God.
Even though it should not inspire them with the exalted ambition of consecrating their lives to God, it will at least teach them the transcendent beauty of Christian courage, of self-devotion, of nobility of purpose.
I have selected three cases of taking the veil, to which I have added captions, which lift the veil from this practice of consecrating young girls to superstitions uses.
Exodus Chapter 29 The manner of consecrating Aaron and other priests; the institution of the daily sacrifice of two lambs, one in the morning, the other at evening.
Thou hast sacrificed and given my children to them, consecrating them by fire.
Moses consecrating Aaron and his Sons to the priesthood.
During the reigns of Julian and Jovian, Eunomius resided in Constantinople in close intercourse with Aetius, consolidating an heretical party and consecratingschismatical bishops.
The Cathars used only the Lord's prayer in consecrating the bread and used water for wine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consecrating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
