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Phrases with «ecclesiastical authority»
"Ecclesiastical authority"
refers to the power or control that the church or religious leaders have over religious matters and the people within their religious community.
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authority
(parent phrase)
ecclesiastical
(parent phrase)
ecclesiastical authority
Sentences with «ecclesiastical authority»
The Catholics retained celibacy, the sacramental character of marriage, and the principle
of ecclesiastical authority
over it.
(
firstthings.com
)
Karl Barth (not a Catholic theologian, of course) had a different view of the relation
with ecclesiastical authority
.
(
firstthings.com
)
Copernicus knew that his conclusions were likely to meet with violent opposition
from ecclesiastical authorities
.
(
religion-online.org
)
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