The duo were committed to their church duties.
And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?" The Queen: "All this I promise to do.
The challenge facing the established churches in remaining committed to their traditional mission while responding to changing circumstances may become further evident in the 21st century with the global burgeoning of Pentecostal churches that have had little to do with existing institutions but display many features of historic Christianity.
"I am absolutely committed to Jesus Christ, absolutely committed to this church, absolutely committed to this House, absolutely committed to you," Bishop Edward S. Little II of the Northern Indiana Diocese said.
One of the men who was charged civilly but not criminally, Stephen Cina, declined to comment on the case, but his lawyer, Randy Zelin, said that Mr. Cina was "committed to the church" and that "his role and his commitment to the church seem to be stronger than ever".
In the case of the Methodists, it is an effort fed, watered and fertilized by the Institute for Religion and Democracy (IRD ... an organization committed to "returning mainline churches to biblical orthodoxy" [their words] or destroying them in the process [mine].
Syriza is committed to disentangling church and state, but it won't be done hastily or confrontationally.
Mr. Zwilling said the cardinal was deeply committed to the church's mission of providing education, particularly to the poor.
But from the perspective of his champions, John Paul II apparently among them, Pius IX was a martyr who sought divine guidance and was deeply committed to the church.
Apart from the personal hardship that many church-goers are facing because of a lingering economic crisis, they face a new uncertainty in the coming months the possible advent of a leftist government which is committed to separating church and state in what has hitherto been one of the most "theocratic" countries in Europe.
