The Position of Christianity in the United States: In Its Relations with Our Political Institutions, and Specially with Reference to Religious Instruction in the Public SchoolsLippincott, Grambo, 1854 - 175 頁 |
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... POSITION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE UNITED STATES , IN ITS RELATIONS WITH OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS , AND SPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS . BY STEPHEN COLWELL . PHILADELPHIA : LIPPINCOTT , GRAMBO ...
... POSITION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE UNITED STATES , IN ITS RELATIONS WITH OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS , AND SPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS . BY STEPHEN COLWELL . PHILADELPHIA : LIPPINCOTT , GRAMBO ...
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... position of Christianity in the United States should be defined with that precision which , while it would , on the one hand , enlarge the scope of toleration and define its limits , would , on the other , clearly re- veal the great ...
... position of Christianity in the United States should be defined with that precision which , while it would , on the one hand , enlarge the scope of toleration and define its limits , would , on the other , clearly re- veal the great ...
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... of toleration , must be maintained when needful at the polls , and vigilantly inculcated in the public schools PHILADELPHIA , March 25th , 1854 . CONTENTS . SECTION I. Reference to the position of Christianity PREFACE . V.
... of toleration , must be maintained when needful at the polls , and vigilantly inculcated in the public schools PHILADELPHIA , March 25th , 1854 . CONTENTS . SECTION I. Reference to the position of Christianity PREFACE . V.
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... position of Christianity before and during our Revolutionary period - Formation of our Political institu- tions . Religious liberty , toleration offered to all Christian toleration — not merely toleration to Christians and others ...
... position of Christianity before and during our Revolutionary period - Formation of our Political institu- tions . Religious liberty , toleration offered to all Christian toleration — not merely toleration to Christians and others ...
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... Doctrine of Christian Philanthropy . Future Triumphs of Christianity , where to be found ..... Appendix A ... Appendix B ..... 130 . 137 ... 170 THE POSITION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE UNITED STATES . SECTION viii CONTENTS .
... Doctrine of Christian Philanthropy . Future Triumphs of Christianity , where to be found ..... Appendix A ... Appendix B ..... 130 . 137 ... 170 THE POSITION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE UNITED STATES . SECTION viii CONTENTS .
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第 42 頁 - 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.
第 47 頁 - No religious test shall be required as a qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent to be a witness on account of his religious belief; but nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths and affirmations.
第 66 頁 - The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
第 40 頁 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
第 33 頁 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
第 41 頁 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
第 26 頁 - The real object of the [First] [A]mendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government.
第 33 頁 - No person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshipping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience...
第 37 頁 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
第 51 頁 - The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.