Regular meetings of the Council ended in 1884, after the church publicly abandoned its theocratic aspirations.

McCormack, however, felt that the church could not abandon the villagers at this time, returning on 14 January 1990.

Still others said the bishops were on target, that the church should never abandon one of its own.

Both church and state have abandoned their pretensions.

The official Catholic organizations protested to the authorities, and the Protestant church abandoned him.

For example, in the 20th century, churches largely abandoned any teaching which promoted racial separation and segregation.

It is very important the church does not abandon them.

After the dispute was publicized on Wednesday by local newspapers and television stations, the church abandoned any effort to move the coffin.

During the next several years, the church abandoned its efforts to establish a self-sufficient, communitarian economy.

After Taylor's death, the church officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.