 | Michael A. McDonnell - 2007 - 565 páginas
...disarm conservative opposition in the convention, he offered an alternative, including the clause, "All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." The Dissenters did not get disestablishment immediately, but they did... | |
 | Howard J. Wiarda - 2007 - 302 páginas
...various state constitutions of the time. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, for example, proclaims that "religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...equally entitled to the free exercise of religion. . . ." 29 Thus, while a great many of America's founders disagreed over the extent to which government... | |
 | Sis. Sheila G. Arnold, Rev. Dr. Antonio Q. Arnold - 2008 - 370 páginas
...grievances. VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION Article I, Section 16 Free exercise of religion; no establishment of religion. That religion or the duty which we owe...force or violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitle to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is mutual... | |
 | Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 118 páginas
...under ' strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. Section 16. That religion . . . can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...equally entitled to the free exercise of religion. . . . VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS i\ _ m. _w demanded strict limits on all governmental prerogatives,... | |
 | George E. Connor, Christopher W. Hammons - 2008 - 849 páginas
...religious-liberty provision of the bill of rights and has remained unchanged since 1776, Virginians are counseled that "it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian...forbearance, love, and charity towards each other" (Article I, Section 16). out of a desire to discourage vices associated with games of chance (constitution... | |
 | John Witte - 2007 - 25 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." And "it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other."27 Even stronger such traditional Christian formulations stood alongside new Enlightenment views... | |
 | 2007 - 148 páginas
...conscience." - Constitution, 1118, Article XXXVIII VIRGINIA - "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... | |
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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... 
