...person at any time hereafter living in this province, who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty God to be the creator, upholder and ruler of the world, and that professes him or herself obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly under the civil government,...

...constitution for this "holy experiment" in planting "the seed of a nation." According to Article 35: [A] 11 persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge...peaceably and justly in civil society, shall in no wayes (sic) be molested or prejudiced for their religious perswasion (sic) or practice in matters of...

...the principle of toleration into the 1682 Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government, Penn declared "that all persons living in this province, who confess...that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceable and justly in civil society, shall, in no ways, be molested or prejudiced for their religious...

...ecclesiastical hegemony in the Pennsylvania colony, even though any form of atheism could not be tolerated: That all persons living in this province, who confess...to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the world . . . shall, in no ways, be molested or prejudiced for their religious persuasion, or practice, in...