 | William Lee Miller - 2003 - 300 páginas
...remonstrate against the said Bill, i. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth,"that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is... | |
 | James Trapier Ringgold - 2003 - 346 páginas
...of religious worship which to them shall seem most agreeable to the revealed will of God. VIRGINIA. Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 páginas
...the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) comes this classic statement of the right of conscience: "religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll - 2003 - 652 páginas
...late established Church of England, to the Sole, and only use of the Protestant Episcopal Church. If Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed, only by reason and conviction; not by force and violence (so fully expressed in the XVI Art: of the bill of Rights, and the late Act for establishing... | |
 | Joseph P. Hester - 2003 - 296 páginas
...alone. God presides over the destinies of nations." — Patrick Henry. "That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...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... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2003 - 420 páginas
...helped write the Virginia Bill of Rights, which stated: "That Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator, and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by Reason and Convictions, not by Force or Violence; and therefore all Men are equally entitled to the free exercise... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 páginas
...religious liberty. 45 In its final form, article XVI of the Virginia Declaration of Rights provided, That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our CREATOR,...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... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - 2004 - 468 páginas
...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Article 16 reads: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - 2004 - 182 páginas
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 29 SECTION xvi That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - 2004 - 204 páginas
...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." [Virginia Declaration of Rights, art. 16] The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction... | |
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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... 
