Consecration in Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism takes one further from today's study of anthropomorphization, as not only enlightened beings are deified in forms of humans, but also as stupas, temples, canopies, trees, wells or lakes (Gdugs la sogs rab gnas, 260), which according to the Buddhist presentation of enlightened bodies qualify as Bzo'i sprul sku, the emanation in form of arts.
Bishop Thomas Kogo of Kenya's Anglican Church was even more virulently opposed to the gay bishop's
consecration. "I will sever all connections with the Anglican Church in the whole of the US," he insisted.
The imminent
consecration has threatened to split the Anglican community worldwide but Dr Wright said the church would find a way through the turmoil.
But the imminent
consecration has threatened to split the Anglican community worldwide, with even the Archbishop of Canterbury admitting the communion has reached a critical point.
``If this
consecration proceeds, we recognise that we have reached a crucial and critical point in the life of the Anglican Communion and we have had to conclude that the future of the Communion itself will be put in jeopardy,'' the statement said.
Roman Catholics traditionally observe the first Sunday of the month of August as the Feast of God, the Father of All Mankind, which is celebrated as a day of
consecration to God the Father.
A 'tinagtag-u' (the Ifugao term for a conventional statue) becomes a 'bu'lul' (god) through a
consecration ritual performed only by the highest order of 'mumbaki' (priests).
A court in Mombasa on Friday allowed the Mombasa ACK diocese to proceed with the
consecration of Alphonse Mwaro as the new bishop.
Earlier the
consecration of a new church on Katchatheevu islet has been postponed by Jaffna Catholic diocese after the demise of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on the 5th night.
The Queen and her sister Princess Margaret were among the high profile guests at the
consecration on May 25, 1962.
Le ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports, El-Hadi Ould-Ali, s'est dit, hier, [beaucoup moins que] profondement fier [beaucoup plus grand que] de la
consecration du milieu international algerien de Leicester City, Riyad Mahrez, elu meilleur joueur d'Angleterre cette saison par l'Association des footballeurs professionnels (PFA).