Sentence examples for maintained the church from inspiring English sources

"Monks made the wine, maintained the church and reconstructed all the terraces," he said.

Unless this link is maintained, the church is teaching philosophy and science, not dogma.

They perform tasks such as counselling, maintaining the church's vast property holdings, and publishing its official literature.

In return for the land, the Inns promised to maintain the church and "the Reverent and Valiant Master of the Temple" for ever.

Another is the struggle between the need to maintain the church as a living institution that serves today's parishioners and the integrity of a beautiful, historic building.

After his father's funeral on Monday, Mr. Wright said, the family would focus on maintaining the church his father founded 19 years ago.

Mr. Putin talked publicly about his Russian Orthodox faith and sought to enforce laws to maintain the church's dominance in Russia.

Among Catholics under age 50 and those ages 50 and older, opinion is closely divided as to whether the new pope should move in new directions or maintain the church's traditional positions.

Majorities said they wanted to see the next pope maintain the church's opposition to abortion and the death penalty, even though they themselves were not opposed to them.

By contrast, among those who attend Mass less often, 54% say the next pope should move in new directions while 42% prefer to maintain the church's traditional positions.

"I understand, it's a lot of money, but we don't need to do all the repairs immediately," said Marty Ederer, a history professor at Buffalo State University, who holds a weekly rosary gathering and maintains the church bells.