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Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government offices.
King delivered a speech at the Union Baptist Church morning service. Later that day he spoke at Lansing's NAACP office. [33] July 4 "A Religion of Doing" Montgomery, AL From the Archival Description: "King describes how "Christ is more concerned about our attitude towards racial prejudice and war than he is about our long processionals.
1967: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s anti-Vietnam War speech at Riverside Church in New York City. 1967: Vive le Québec libre ("Long live free Quebec"), a phrase ending a speech by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Canada. The slogan became popular among those wishing to show their support for ...
Latin dedicatory inscription of 1119 for the church of Prüfening Abbey, Germany Mosaic showing the Greek and Latin alphabets in Notre-Dame de la Daurade, France. For the Catholic Church, the rite of dedication is described in the Caeremoniale Episcoporum, chapters IX-X, and in the Roman Missal ' s Ritual Masses for the Dedication of a Church and an Altar.
Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugural address by the new official. The word inauguration stems from the Latin augur , which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests seeking to interpret if it was the will of the gods for a public official to be deemed worthy to ...
Washington served as a vestryman or warden for more than 15 years. The Vestry in Virginia was the governing body of each church. [10]As the British monarch is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and its clergy swear an Oath of Supremacy to the monarch, the American churches established the Episcopal Church after the American Revolution.
Sermon on the Mound" is the name given by the Scottish press to an address made by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on Saturday, 21 May 1988. [1] This speech, which laid out the relationship between her religious and political thinking, proved highly controversial.
The Convocations of Canterbury and York were the synodical assemblies of the two Provinces of the Church of England until the Church Assembly was established in 1920. [2] Their origins date back to the end of the seventh century when Theodore of Tarsus (Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690) reorganized the structures of the English Church and established a national synod of bishops.