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  • That is why, beyond all motives of ecclesiastico-political self-interest, he is so uncompromising in his opposition to EU secularism and the ever-widening "culture of death."

    The program of Pope Benedict XVI Mike L 2005

  • That is why, beyond all motives of ecclesiastico-political self-interest, he is so uncompromising in his opposition to EU secularism and the ever-widening "culture of death."

    Archive 2005-07-01 Mike L 2005

  • Each house had always been asked to dine with the other house once a year; but it had been understood that such dinings were ecclesiastico-official, and not friendly.

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • It makes the magistrate Christ's vicar, and so Christ to have a visible head on earth, and so to be an ecclesiastico-civil pope, and consequently there should be as many visible heads of Christ's Church as there are magistrates.

    The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

  • Illi autem presbyteri qui divini altaris et sacrorum ordinum contemptores praelegerint cum mulicribus habitare a divino officio remoti, omnique ecclesiastico beneficio privati, extra chorum ponantur, infames pronunciati.

    Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849 Various

  • True, he urged that the American bishop should have ecclesiastical powers only, and that those ecclesiastico-civil in character, such as the probating of wills, granting of marriage licenses, and the presentation of livings, should remain in the hands of the colonial governors.

    The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene

  • Very differently will he be judged by those who realise the legal and constitutional relations then existing in Germany, and the ecclesiastico-political views shared in common by Protestants and

    Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

  • It must, moreover, be remembered that the very constitution of that ecclesiastico-feudal hierarchy which made the husband supreme over the wife, also made the wife jointly with her husband supreme over their children and over their servants.

    On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue 1921

  • They followed no definite ecclesiastico-political programme, but directed their attacks principally against individual offences such as simony, marriage of the clergy, and the uncanonical marriage of the laity.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • These archaeological and ecclesiastico-historical papers number 203, not including the so - called literary letters in which De Rossi answered the questions addressed him by various scholars.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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