The Greek Orthodox branch of Christianity continues to use the Greek translation ( the Septuagint ), but when a Latin translation ( called the Vulgate ) was made for the Western church, Kingdoms was first retitled the Book of Kings, parts One to Four, and eventually both Kings and Samuel were separated into two books each.

The film continues to cause controversy ; in February 2007 the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle upon Tyne held a public screening in the church itself, with song-sheets, organ accompaniment, stewards in costume and false beards for female members of the audience ( alluding to an early scene where a group of women disguise themselves as men so that they are able to take part in a stoning ).

The letter continues by encouraging the Thessalonian church to stand firm in their faith, and to " keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us ... do not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame.

In accordance with this belief that Christ is really, truly and substantially present under the remaining appearances of bread and wine, and continues to be present as long as those appearances remain, the Catholic Church preserves the consecrated elements, generally in a church tabernacle, for administering Holy Communion to the sick and dying, and also for the secondary, but still highly prized, purpose of adoring Christ present in the Eucharist.

The involvement of church organizations has been and continues to be an integral part of the Fair Trade movement:

Although initially secularized in 1835, the church was reconsecrated by the Roman Catholic Church in 1859, and continues to serve as a parish of the Diocese of Monterey

The Episcopal church continues to be active today.

The Whitmer log home continues to be operated as a religious historical site by the LDS church.

By 1887 Elgin had general stores, a livery, a hotel, and a church, as well as a nearby sawmill, which continues as a more modern Boise Cascade mill.

It continues downhill past Moray House ( now the main academic offices of Moray House School of Education of the University of Edinburgh ), the old Canongate Tolbooth ( now a museum of social history called The People's Story ), the Kirk of the Canongate ( the Canongate's parish church ) and the new Scottish Parliament Building to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey.

Still, the practice of plural marriage continues among the members of various fundamentalist splinter groups long disassociated from the main body of the church, such as the Apostolic United Brethren ( AUB ) and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ( FLDS ).

Many of the church adopted a communal lifestyle, which continues to this day, with around 600 living in Christian Community.

In the 8th century, Hubertus, archbishop of Tongeren, founded a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, which may have been the start of the devotion that still continues today.

The religious services were completely restored under Napoleon, and the tradition of princely visits to the church of Halle continues until this day.

The vision continues for over thirty years and calls for a commitment to point the church back to “ true-Truth ” and “ true spirituality ” onto the path of making disciples.

Saint Valentine's Church in Rome, built in 1960 for the needs of the Olympic Village, continues as a modern, well-visited parish church.

In the 19th century, the Reform Laws expropriated the cloisters and living quarters but left the church to its religious function, which continues to this day.

Saint Germanus's tomb continues to be venerated in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain d ' Auxerre, which although now part of municipal museum remains open for worship at stated times.

Augsburg continues to reflect the commitment and dedication of the founders who believed an Augsburg education should be preparation for service in community and church.

Lucaris ' position in Eastern Orthodoxy continues to be a matter of debate in the church.

As the church grew it established and continues to support theological colleges in Samoa and Fiji.

Although this continues to be debated, the position remains in the church.

Debate continues in the church as to the propriety of fully affirming the presence of lesbian and gay church members.

Because of his " Kingdom Identity " views ( which hold that Israel, not the church, is the bride of Christ, in contradiction to the teachings of the Westminster Confession of Faith ) and his conversion to Pentecostalism, Pastor Campbell left the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster and, he no longer continues to promote Ian Paisley and his literature due to his compromise and sell out to Irish Republicanism and to recent attendances by Paisley at ecumenical services ( he does adhere to the Presbyterian doctrine of Calvinism ), many of the clergy that Paisley moderates have attacked Campbell, such as Reverend T. A.

To be Katharine Ross, and work in a nicer shop somewhere, at a little more money so she could have prettier clothes, and learn ladies' manners and all like that, and get to know different people than up to now, not just the ones like her here, with foreign-sounding names, the ones went to the same church and -- Different place, different job, different people, she'd be all different too.

There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives, however, from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is completely independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world.

In this session the persons seeking membership are provided information concerning the work of the denomination as well as the program and activities of the local church.

The lay leadership of the church may be invited to speak on the various phases of church life, service opportunities, the church school, missions, men's work, women's work, youth program, social activities, and finances.

Realtors live in their communities as specialists in a given area of work, as members of social and professional organizations, as citizens and civic leaders, as church laymen, as university alumni, as newspaper readers, etc..

Each contributes something different, and something important: Ruth Peale, her wide experience in church work ; ;

# De Misericordia et Justitia ( On Mercy and Justice ), a collection of biblical extracts and sayings of Church Fathers with commentary ( an important work for the history of church law and discipline ), which is to be found in the Anecdota of Martène, vol.

The church was built between 1851 and 1852 and has had extensive work since its erection.

St. Joseph's has recently undergone much recreational work, almost converting the church into a community centre.

The fifth book brings the story up to Bede's day, and includes an account of missionary work in Frisia, and of the conflict with the British church over the correct dating of Easter.

Bede also followed Eusebius in taking the Acts of the Apostles as the model for the overall work: where Eusebius used the Acts as the theme for his description of the development of the church, Bede made it the model for his history of the Anglo-Saxon church.

Saint Sava began the work on the Serbian Nomocanon in 1208 while being at Mount Athos, using The Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles, Synopsis of Stefan the Efesian, Nomocanon of John Scholasticus, Ecumenical Councils ' documents, which he modified with the canonical commentaries of Aristinos and John Zonaras, local church meetings, rules of the Holy Fathers, the law of Moses, translation of Prohiron and the Byzantine emperors ' Novellae ( most were taken from Justinian's Novellae ).

Historically, the church had censured Knapp for deviating at several points from Eddy's teaching, and had refused to publish the work.

Churches of Christ emphasize that there is no distinction between " clergy " and " laity " and that every member has a gift and a role to play in accomplishing the work of the church.

The work ends with an extended passage against the contemporary divisions and heresies within the church.

The church membership at the time had not yet seen the Doctrine and Covenants manuscript as it had been compiled and revised solely by the committee ; however, various church members who were familiar with the work " bore record " of the book's truth.

A General Conference of the church in 1878 approved a resolution that declared that the revelations of the Prophet – President Joseph Smith III had equal standing to those previously included in the work.

In the succeeding decades, for some congregations and their leaders, co-operative work through missionary societies and the adoption of instrumental music in church worship was straying too far from their conception of the early church.