Assertion: church's book | /r/CapableOf | make declaration
Facets:
value: against simony
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Upon the bishop having satisfied himself of the sufficiency of the clerk, he proceeded to institute him to the spiritual office to which the benefice is annexed, but before such institution could take place, the clerk had to make the declaration of assent, the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer, take the oaths of allegiance and canonical obedience and make a declaration against simony.