The Rise of Religious Liberty in America: A HistoryMacmillan, 1902 - 541 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xii
... legislature an Ecclesiastical Court- Legis- lative interest in Spiritual Affairs - Half - Way Covenant - Religious life - Report on state of religion by the general association of min- isters to the legislature - Saybrook Synod and ...
... legislature an Ecclesiastical Court- Legis- lative interest in Spiritual Affairs - Half - Way Covenant - Religious life - Report on state of religion by the general association of min- isters to the legislature - Saybrook Synod and ...
الصفحة xiv
... legislature to obtain an act establishing the Anglican Church - Act of 1693 - Does not establish the Church of England - Fletcher's anger . The act con- strued by the legislature - Collegiate Reformed Church charter- Incorporation ...
... legislature to obtain an act establishing the Anglican Church - Act of 1693 - Does not establish the Church of England - Fletcher's anger . The act con- strued by the legislature - Collegiate Reformed Church charter- Incorporation ...
الصفحة xv
... Legislature adopts the test - Naturalization - Pennsylvania narrower than other colonies - - No persecution against Romanists - • - Disarming Romanists - Absurdity of laws Delaware , a part of Pennsylvania , shared in her spirit and law ...
... Legislature adopts the test - Naturalization - Pennsylvania narrower than other colonies - - No persecution against Romanists - • - Disarming Romanists - Absurdity of laws Delaware , a part of Pennsylvania , shared in her spirit and law ...
الصفحة 53
... legislature or other sovereign authority . " This confounds the two characteristics of the Church as a body of believers , and as an organization under law . It is true that the legislature did not originate the Church as a body of ...
... legislature or other sovereign authority . " This confounds the two characteristics of the Church as a body of believers , and as an organization under law . It is true that the legislature did not originate the Church as a body of ...
الصفحة 80
... legislature set itself repeatedly to perform . The first assembly , whose acts have been preserved , was that of 1623. Among its earliest actions was a rather com- prehensive measure in regard to religious matters . 2 It enacted that ...
... legislature set itself repeatedly to perform . The first assembly , whose acts have been preserved , was that of 1623. Among its earliest actions was a rather com- prehensive measure in regard to religious matters . 2 It enacted that ...
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الصفحة 57 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire ; that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship or discipline be prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
الصفحة 442 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
الصفحة 498 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief...
الصفحة 525 - States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America; and there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than that its influence is most powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth.
الصفحة 97 - I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
الصفحة 166 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.
الصفحة 443 - Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare.
الصفحة 491 - 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...
الصفحة 376 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence...
الصفحة 376 - That no person or persons whatsoever within this province, or the islands, ports, harbors, creeks, or havens thereunto belonging, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be any ways troubled, molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion...