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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... and both together constitute civilized human society and ensure its prosperity . The root of this theory we find in the New Testament . In the ancient world religion and politics were blended . IO Church and State in the United States .
... and both together constitute civilized human society and ensure its prosperity . The root of this theory we find in the New Testament . In the ancient world religion and politics were blended . IO Church and State in the United States .
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... humanity , and fit for self - government . 3. The American system differs from the Erastian or Cæ- saro - Papal control of the state over the church , which ob- tained in the old Byzantine Empire , and prevails in modern Russia , and in ...
... humanity , and fit for self - government . 3. The American system differs from the Erastian or Cæ- saro - Papal control of the state over the church , which ob- tained in the old Byzantine Empire , and prevails in modern Russia , and in ...
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... human intellect at a single stroke , so to speak , in its application to political affairs . " See his letter of July 20 , 1887 , declining , for good reasons , a most flattering invitation to attend the cen- tennial celebration of the ...
... human intellect at a single stroke , so to speak , in its application to political affairs . " See his letter of July 20 , 1887 , declining , for good reasons , a most flattering invitation to attend the cen- tennial celebration of the ...
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... human nature common to all , —met to- gether and deliberately agreed to give up certain of those rights to government for the better security of others ; and that there might be no mistake about this agreement it was reduced to writing ...
... human nature common to all , —met to- gether and deliberately agreed to give up certain of those rights to government for the better security of others ; and that there might be no mistake about this agreement it was reduced to writing ...
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... human tribunals for the consciences of men are impious encroachments upon the prerogatives of God . " It is very evident that these Congregational min- isters of the gospel represented the true American spirit in the convention , rather ...
... human tribunals for the consciences of men are impious encroachments upon the prerogatives of God . " It is very evident that these Congregational min- isters of the gospel represented the true American spirit in the convention , rather ...
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Church and State in the United States: Or, The American Idea of Religious ... Philip Schaff Vista de fragmentos - 1972 |
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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.