Word: archbishop
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...next great era of the temple dates from its transference from the Greek to the Latin communion. This occurred in the beginning of the thirteenth century, and in 1206 we find a Roman archbishop established on the Acropolis. No important change in the architecture followed, however. It next came under the protection of the Venetians, and many of the treasures of the temple suffered at their hands...
...holy person. The crusade against the body, which consisted in wreaking all sorts of cruelties and degradations on the wondrous physical constitution, to the end of freeing the spirit from the pressure of its material fetters, reached later on a painful degree of madness, of which the case of Archbishop Becket gives a most disgusting illustration. When the corpse of this prelate was stripped, the whole body down to the knees was found to be encased in hair cloth. This cover was so fastened together as to admit of being readily taken off for his daily scourgings, of which...
...their children. We trust this will be forthcoming, and take form in a way which shall do honor to these ancient institutions. The First Church was organized in February, 1636, with Thomas Shepard as its minister. Shepard graduated from Emmanuel College, England, in 1623, and after much persecution from Archbishop Laud of London, sailed for New England in the ship Defence. He arrived in Boston, October 3, 1635, and came to Newtowne (now Cambridge) October 5. A company of some sixty persons soon followed Shepard, and resolved to remain and organize themselves into a church. Suitable arrangements having been made...
...high table. In front, the Boar's head is borne aloft, while the choir give the old song, "The boar's head in hand I bring, bedecked with rue and rosemary." S. Black, of Queen's, undertook the solo, which he rendered very well. We believe His Grace the Archbishop of York on one occasion bore the same part. The ceremony concludes with the distribution of holly and other green stuff by the Provost to those who are nearest the eastern end of the Hall. On New Year's Day, another ancient custom prevails in this College...
...library of Corpus Christi College was acquired under rather strange conditions. Archbishop Parker lent his library to the college on the condition that if ever 25 books should be missed from its shelves, all the collection should go to Caius College...