When a vacancy occurred, the bishop of the diocese chose the abbot out of the monks of the convent, but the right of election was transferred by jurisdiction to the monks themselves, reserving to the bishop the confirmation of the election and the benediction of the new abbot.

When abbots dined in their own private hall, the Rule of St Benedict charged them to invite their monks to their table, provided there was room, on which occasions the guests were to abstain from quarrels, slanderous talk and idle gossiping.

When at last successful, he was excommunicated by Pope Callixtus II for having expelled the monks of Saint-Gilles, who had aided his enemies.

When monks and nuns who follow the Theravadan way feed themselves by alms, they must eat leftover foods which are given to them, including meat.

When news of his death at the Council of Constance in 1415 arrived, disturbances broke out, directed primarily against the clergy, and especially against the monks.

When he was about seventy-five years of age, the monks of Sinai persuaded him to become their Igumen.

When he was nine years old Muralitharan was sent to St. Anthony's College, Kandy, a private school run by Benedictine monks.

When he caught an epidemic disease ( probably plague ), he called the monks, strengthened their faith, and appointed his successor.

When creating this chapel the monks of Peterborough had thought of how they had acquired it and built into the chapel a narrow tower-just big enough for a monk to climb to the top by an internal stair and stand guard over Oswald's Arm 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

When the appropriate time will come ( often many years ), the monks will discover the hidden text ; when the world is ready for it.

When monks began going into the deserts of Egypt, it was their custom to pray the entire 150 Psalms every day.

When the populace came to the defense of the monks, the resulting clashes saw 30 civilians killed and 200 wounded.

When an Orthodox nun dies, the sisterhood of her convent performs the same ministrations for her as are done for monks.

A great deal of destruction was done to the tombs over the centuries by quarrying and by their conversion for use as housing, both by monks in the Byzantine period, when some were used as churches, and later by Muslim villagers: " When the Arab village was built ; tombs were destroyed, incorporated in houses or turned into water cisterns and sewage dumps.

When the monks first arrived in South Yorkshire from Newminster Abbey in Northumberland, they chose the most suitable side of the stream that runs through the valley, on which to build their new Cistercian monastery.

When Archbishop Edsige of Canterbury died in 1051 the monks of the cathedral chapter elected Æthelric, a relative of Earl Godwin's, as archbishop.

When King John discovered that Reginald had been elected without any royal input he forced the monks to elect de Gray as archbishop.

When he went north to suppress the Phra Fang faction, he could see that monks in the north were lax and undisciplined.

When the monks opened this chest they found two books: the “ Marrow Cleansing Classic ,” and the “ Muscle Tendon Change Classic ”, or " Yi Jin Jing " within.

When the Pope, however, wished the monks from Constantinople to undertake that the names of Acacius and Mongus should be rejected from the diptychs, they replied that they had no instructions on that point.

When Chaereas entered Edessa on April 12, 449, to commence the trial, he was met by a mob of abbots and monks and their partisans, clamoring for the immediate expulsion and condemnation of Ibas and his followers.

When his monks copied these texts, Cassiodorus encouraged them to amend texts for both grammar and style.

" When he realized he was being used as a tool by Theophilus against Saint John Chrysostom, who had given refuge to the monks persecuted by Theophilus and who were appealing to the emperor, Epiphanius started back to Salamis, only to die on the way home in 403.

When his head came down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.

When Beckett's name came into the discussion, the priest grew loud and told me that Beckett `` hates life ''.

When fame came it changed Sandburg only slightly.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.

When he came home from his office at the end of the afternoon, Breasted never knew what gathering he should expect to find, but there almost always was one.

When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

When the sun came out, Stevie strode proudly into Orange Square, smiling like a landlord on industrious tenants.

When he felt the side of his head, his fingers came away covered with blood.

When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.

When radio came in, it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device.

When the therapist came to feel on sufficiently sure ground with him to ask him, `` What is that, Bill -- hello or farewell ''??

When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.

When a second quake came, they dashed back to the beach, fearing that they might be buried under landslides.

When a cow came out of a corral in a crouchin' run she was said to `` come out a-stoopin' ''.

When he came to the movies -- more or less by accident -- they were still cheap entertainment capable of enthralling the unthinking for an idle few minutes.

When he snatched it up the voice that came to him was quick and urgent.

When the verdict came in against his young neighbor, Hengesbach said:

When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.

`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''??