Ecclesial in a sentence

For women employed in ecclesial ministry; retired from a ministry position; or studying for ecclesial ministry.

Generally, at formal ecclesial and inter-ecclesial meetings the women wear head coverings when there are acts of worship and prayer.

Anyone who claims that these unprecedented declarations are the result of improvisation and that they have no repercussions on the ecclesial body is either mistaken or in bad faith.

Marriage is essentially an ecclesial, as well as a human, instrument of unity," the bishops conclude.

On the World Day, the Holy Father often presides over a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, and invites parishes, dioceses, associations and ecclesial communities from all over the world to celebrate the Day in their own pastoral context.

The cardinal called for a Chinese bishops’ conference with “statutes appropriate to its ecclesial nature and pastoral mission” and the establishment of regular communication between Chinese bishops and the Pope.

To urge a priest to accept the heretical deviations of his superiors, he emphasizes obedience to authority and the preservation of ecclesial communion.

They could be within the context of a parish, university, school, ecclesial community, ministry, movement, workplace or just amongst a group of friends.

According to the Ecclesial Guide a third party ecclesia may also take the initiative to "refellowship" another meeting's member.

A distinction can be detected between these three reasons in that which of the three applies is usually made clear in the notice which the ecclesia will post in the Ecclesial News section of The Christadelphian.

An exception noted in Roberts' Ecclesial Guide is where the original meeting is known for having a position out of step with other ecclesias.

As for Burgundy and Italy, elections were to be held without interference by the Emperor, and consecration and investiture by the ecclesial superior would, here, precede the investiture with the scepter which was to follow some time afterwards.

The bishop-elect would then by invested by the Emperor (or representative) with the scepter and, sometime afterwards, by his ecclesial superior with ring and staff.

These ecclesiological principles manifest in a strict fashion the organic unity of the orthodox ecclesial body and differentiate those who do not belong to its body as either schismatics or heretics.

This has led many scholars to conclude that the appellation Catholic Church with its ecclesial connotation may have been in use as early as the last quarter of the 1st century.

Verified figure, Ecclesial Directory 2006.