Church and State in the United States: Or, The American Idea of Religious Liberty and Its Practical Effects, with Official Documents, Volumen2,Tema 4G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 161 páginas |
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... Reformed , followed by Episcopalians ; Rhode Island , by Baptists ; Pennsylvania , by Quakers ; Maryland , by Roman Catholics ; while Pres- byterians , Methodists , Lutherans , German Reformed , French Huguenots , Moravians , Mennonites ...
... Reformed , followed by Episcopalians ; Rhode Island , by Baptists ; Pennsylvania , by Quakers ; Maryland , by Roman Catholics ; while Pres- byterians , Methodists , Lutherans , German Reformed , French Huguenots , Moravians , Mennonites ...
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... Reformation period , when church and state were closely interwoven , ascribe to the civil magistrate ecclesiastical powers and duties which are Erastian or cæsaro - papal in principle and entirely inconsistent with the freedom and self ...
... Reformation period , when church and state were closely interwoven , ascribe to the civil magistrate ecclesiastical powers and duties which are Erastian or cæsaro - papal in principle and entirely inconsistent with the freedom and self ...
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... reformed , and all the ordinances of God duly settled , administered , and observed.2 For the better effecting whereof he hath power to call synods , to be present at them , and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be ...
... reformed , and all the ordinances of God duly settled , administered , and observed.2 For the better effecting whereof he hath power to call synods , to be present at them , and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be ...
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... Reformed Presbyterian Church , adhere to the theory of the Scotch Covenanters , and abstain from voting till the Constitution is so amended as to acknowledge the sovereignty of God and the subserviency of the state to the kingdom of ...
... Reformed Presbyterian Church , adhere to the theory of the Scotch Covenanters , and abstain from voting till the Constitution is so amended as to acknowledge the sovereignty of God and the subserviency of the state to the kingdom of ...
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... Reformed Dutch Church , both of New York City , are enabled by their enor- mous wealth to aid many charities and missions . Yet experience teaches that endowed churches are generally less liberal than churches which depend upon the ...
... Reformed Dutch Church , both of New York City , are enabled by their enor- mous wealth to aid many charities and missions . Yet experience teaches that endowed churches are generally less liberal than churches which depend upon the ...
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Página 28 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 65 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn by the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, that ' the judgments of the l,ord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 119 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Página 64 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Página 65 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Página 29 - Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should " make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church...
Página 124 - I therefore beg to move that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that sen-ice.
Página 63 - ... human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.
Página 123 - In this situation of this Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able .to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?
Página 123 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.