He was not sure how much of this desire was due to his devotion to the church and how much was his own ego, demanding to be satisfied, for the two were intertwined and could not be separated.

Another weakness -- far more irritating than his manner of speaking, which he made only token effort to change -- was his devotion to that old horse of Tolley's.

He opposed the antislavery Republican Party while making it clear that his devotion to the Union was consistent with his devotion to his perceived Constitutional right to own slaves.

His devotion to the classics was exceptional even for the time.

The mind of Canova was inspired with the warmest sense of devotion, and though foiled in this instance he resolved to consecrate a shrine to the cause.

Aldona was remembered for her piety and devotion to music.

According to Epiphanius's account of the Ebionites, the group believed that Jesus was chosen because of his sinless devotion to the will of God.

There is a third view that sees merit in both arguments above and attempts to bridge them, and so cannot be articulated as starkly as they can ; it sees more than one Christianity and more than one attitude towards paganism at work in the poem, separated from each other by hundreds of years ; it sees the poem as originally the product of a literate Christian author with one foot in the pagan world and one in the Christian, himself a convert perhaps or one whose forbears had been pagan, a poet who was conversant in both oral and literary milieus and was capable of a masterful " repurposing " of poetry from the oral tradition ; this early Christian poet saw virtue manifest in a willingness to sacrifice oneself in a devotion to justice and in an attempt to aid and protect those in need of help and greater safety ; good pagan men had trodden that noble path and so this poet presents pagan culture with equanimity and respect ; yet overlaid upon this early Christian poet's composition are verses from a much later reformist " fire-and-brimstone " Christian poet who vilifies pagan practice as dark and sinful and who adds satanic aspects to its monsters.

According to classical rabbinical sources, Benjamin was only born after Rachel had fasted for a long time, as a religious devotion with the hope of a new child as a reward.

The emperor was the first knight of Christendom, and the other Christian kings were his brother-knights sworn to Christian chivalry with its devotion to justice and charity.

Odin was overjoyed at such notoriety, and greeted warmly the devotion of the senders.

As the historian Owen Davies noted, " while the Church was ultimately successful in defeating pagan worship it never managed to demarcate clearly and maintain a line of practice between religious devotion and magic ," and the use of such books on magic continued.

At Bologna, he was known as " il Tedeschino " (" the Little German ") on account of his devotion to Mozart.

Cydippe was impressed with their devotion to her and her goddess and asked Hera to give her children the best gift a god could give a person.

Traditional devotion to Jewish study and scholarship was not replaced, but was spiritualised as a means to cleave to God.

Thus, a redoubling of faith and devotion by Muslims was called for to reverse this tide .</ BLOCKQUOTE >

He was incessantly tortured by the fear of being regarded as a ‘ bourgeois intellectual ’… It always seemed as if he were offering blind devotion ( to Nazism ) to make up for his lack of all those characteristics of the racial elite which nature had denied him.

that my last hour was come --" He was later thanked for his devotion by the poet Percy B. Shelley in the preface to his elegy, Adonais, which was written for Keats in 1821.

Pius X's devotion to the Eucharist would eventually earn him the honorific of " Pope of the Blessed Sacrament ," by which he is still known among his devotees.

Hiranyakashipu eventually becomes so angry and upset at his son's devotion to Vishnu ( whom he sees as his mortal enemy ) that he decides he must kill him, but each time he attempts to kill the boy, Prahlada is protected by Vishnu's mystical power.

Hiranyakashipu eventually becomes so angry and upset at his son's devotion to Vishnu ( who he sees as his mortal enemy ) that he decides he must kill him but each time he to attempts to kill the boy, Prahlada is protected by Vishnu's mystical power.

The relationship was slowed by Hobbs ' shyness and devotion to cricket, but the pair eventually wed at the church in which they met.

Source Records would eventually release two more EPs, The State of Things EP and Fight or Flight, prompting NME to proclaim " Turin Brakes inhabit a space which is entirely their own, fully-formed and brutally emotive ... give them the devotion they deserve.

After further dramatic confrontations with Quintianus, represented in a sequence of dialogues in her passio that document her fortitude and steadfast devotion, her scorned admirer eventually sentenced her to death by being rolled naked on a bed of live coals, " and anon the ground where the holy virgin was rolled on, began to tremble like an earthquake, and a part of the wall fell down upon Silvain, counsellor of Quintianus, and upon Fastion his friend, by whose counsel she had been so tormented.

Sikhism is a distinct contemporary faith, whereby the Realization of God can be most easily had through the process of individual devotion, without recourse to avaracious priests, costly rites or rituals or strict sartorial or dietary practices ( though all of these have eventually come to threaten the modern practice of sikhism ).

The story of her premonition and rescue eventually reached Maria Dickin, founder of the PDSA, and for her courage and devotion through the bombing and fire of the Blitz on the night in question, Faith was awarded a specially-made silver medal.

DeNora describes the devotion to earlier masters as a " fringe " view during the 1780s, but eventually others were following Swieten's lead, particularly with the success of The Creation and The Seasons.

Although her close friend and confidante, Tallulah Bankhead-like actress Ursula Mossbank, helps Katherine thwart Lord Sutterwick's plan to deprive the school of a generous financial endowment because of the woman's background, her past eventually deprives Chips of being named headmaster, but the couple's devotion to each other overcomes all obstacles threatening their marriage.

It was eventually decided that Pacey would end up with Joey, due to the on-screen chemistry and fan devotion that culminated around the two, although Kevin Williamson had originally intended for Dawson to end up with Joey.

Michael D. Langone, Ph. D., Executive Director of the ICSA, states that " A cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing, and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control designed to advance the goals of the group ’ s leader, to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families, or the community ... Although many cult members eventually walk out on their own, many, if not most, who leave cults on their own are psychologically harmed, often in ways they do not understand.

Kureishi's devotion to cricket, in his own words, started as " a passion " and eventually became " a love affair " which " remained a constant " in his life through all its " ups and downs ".

He carried out his orders with such sincerity and devotion that he rose through the ranks and eventually became the " Valia Kapitaan " ( Commander in Chief ) of the Tranvancore military and was given the " Dillanai kotta " ( De Lennoy's fort ) to reside.

The first medal of the Holy Face, produced by Sister Maria Pierina De Micheli, based on the image on the Shroud of Turin had been offered to Pius XII who approved of the medal and the devotion based on it.

The general devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus had been approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885 before the image on the Turin Shroud had been photographed.

Eventually Pope Pius XII approved the devotion in 1958 and declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the day before Ash Wednesday ) for all Catholics.

This devotion ( started by Sister Marie and then promoted by the Venerable Leo Dupont ) was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885.

Some relics, such as purported remnants of the Crown of Thorns, receive only a modest number of pilgrims, others such as the Shroud of Turin ( which is associated with an approved Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus ) receive millions of pilgrims, which in recent years have included Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.

The Catholic Church has neither formally endorsed or rejected the shroud, but in 1958 Pope Pius XII approved of the image in association with the Roman Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

The image he obtained from the shroud has been approved by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

Pope Pius XII approved the devotion and the medal and in 1958 declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

Once they understood that the devotion of the Westerners was genuine, they approved of the visit.

Interestingly, this time period in France saw the growth of a parallel Catholic devotion, namely the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus which was started in 1844 in Tours by Sister Marie of St Peter, was promoted by Leo Dupont and was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885.

Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro, Rwanda approved public devotion linked to the apparitions on 15th August 1988 and declared their authenticity on 29th June 2001.