Editing Consecration in Christianity (section)

=== Lutheran Church and Anglican Communion ===

[[Church building]]s, [[chapel]]s, [[altar]]s, and Communion vessels are consecrated for the purpose of religious [[worship]].

A person may be consecrated for a specific role within a religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or her life in an act of [[Worship|devotion]].  In particular, the [[ordination of a bishop]] is often called a consecration. In churches that follow the doctrine of [[apostolic succession]] (the [[historical episcopate]]), the bishops who consecrate a new bishop are known as the consecrators and form an unbroken line of succession back to the [[Twelve Apostles|Apostles]]. Those who take the [[vows]] of [[Religious institute|religious life]] are said to be living a ''consecrated life''.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

In the [[Church of England]] (Mother Church of the [[Anglican Communion]]), an order [[Closed church|closing a church]] may remove the legal effects of consecration.