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Established and state-regulated by the late fourth century, Christian sanctuary was based in episcopal intercession and penitential discipline; it was intended to spare the body the worst consequences of crime and thereby to save the soul from the everlasting implications of sin.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
While Barron's episcopal office concerns his parishes in Minnesota — where he is already widely known — his public influence stretches around the world via his books, videos, radio shows and documentaries with his Word on Fire ministries.
—Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
Whitehead got out of the car, wearing a Fendi blazer and a large episcopal ruby ring.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
These prohibitions weren’t very effective; a thousand years later, astrologers were active at the papal and episcopal courts, and within the entourages of numerous Christian rulers.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
While Barron's episcopal office concerns his parishes in Minnesota — where he is already widely known — his public influence stretches around the world via his books, videos, radio shows and documentaries with his Word on Fire ministries.
—Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
Whitehead got out of the car, wearing a Fendi blazer and a large episcopal ruby ring.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
These prohibitions weren’t very effective; a thousand years later, astrologers were active at the papal and episcopal courts, and within the entourages of numerous Christian rulers.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
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The papal conclave also includes Stanley Tucci, Sergio Castellitto, Lucian Msamati, and John Lithgow.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence, a papal dignitary who, upon the death of the big boss, the Holy Father, is responsible for gathering all the word’s cardinals at the Vatican to elect a replacement.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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But their indifference to the apostolic authority of the church and complicity with a secular ruling establishment have alienated many ordinary Catholics, who, like many ordinary voters throughout the West, worry that what was once solid is being eroded by negligent leaders.R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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The election certification process—which used to be a routine clerical task—has been politicized in recent years by Trump's baseless election fraud claims.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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The government controls the Knesset, and the coalition usually votes as a bloc in accordance with decisions made by a ministerial committee, meaning that several powerful ministers, led by the prime minister, control legislation.Eliav Lieblich, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
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Since the 2020 election, local officials in at least eight states have attempted to use their largely ministerial duty in election certification to delay or deny certification, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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His priestly education continued with graduate-level study in philosophy, theology, and international development at Fordham.Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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This violence did little to deter upper-caste Hindus—namely Brahmins (the traditional priestly caste), Kshatriyas, (the warrior caste), and Banias (the trading caste)—from becoming BJP supporters.Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2022
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The prose is confiding and, in places, pontifical.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
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That revelation, coupled with other recent pontifical critiques, have quickly dissolved the notion that the Dec. 31 death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a symbolic leader of the church’s conservative wing, might lessen the opposition to Francis.Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
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Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017
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According to Christianity today, a majority of evangelical voters overall, will be casting their vote for Trump.Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But in the evangelical world, that safe spot came with a price.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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