Religion and the State, Or, The Bible and the Public SchoolsDodd, Mead, 1876 - 393 pages |
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Page 34
... body of religion- ists , in the aggregate more numerous and influen- tial than the contrasted Catholic sect . Considered , however , relatively to each other , they are divided . into several branches , or religious denominations -as ...
... body of religion- ists , in the aggregate more numerous and influen- tial than the contrasted Catholic sect . Considered , however , relatively to each other , they are divided . into several branches , or religious denominations -as ...
Page 38
... body of the people , that they scarcely enter at all into public discussion . 2. The second class of Protestants embraces those who believe that the State should have a system of popular education supported by general taxation , and ...
... body of the people , that they scarcely enter at all into public discussion . 2. The second class of Protestants embraces those who believe that the State should have a system of popular education supported by general taxation , and ...
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... bodies representing their views . They form by no means a small and insignificant portion of those who belong to the various Protestant sects , if they do not constitute an actual majority . We design hereafter to examine the merits of ...
... bodies representing their views . They form by no means a small and insignificant portion of those who belong to the various Protestant sects , if they do not constitute an actual majority . We design hereafter to examine the merits of ...
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... body of citizens who have their peculiar religious notions , represented by neither , yet who are voters and taxpayers . There are Jews , Swedenborgians , Shakers , Spirit- ualists , Deists , Pantheists , Positivists , Atheists , and ...
... body of citizens who have their peculiar religious notions , represented by neither , yet who are voters and taxpayers . There are Jews , Swedenborgians , Shakers , Spirit- ualists , Deists , Pantheists , Positivists , Atheists , and ...
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... body ; and , as such , it has no religion to teach or sustain or compel the people to sustain . Such is the essential character of an American State ; and such it should be , since it is only by this feature that the rights of ...
... body ; and , as such , it has no religion to teach or sustain or compel the people to sustain . Such is the essential character of an American State ; and such it should be , since it is only by this feature that the rights of ...
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Religion and the State, Or, the Bible and the Public Schools Samuel Thayer Spear No preview available - 2019 |
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Popular passages
Page 303 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 186 - All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.
Page 251 - ... 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.
Page 242 - The mode of administering an oath or affirmation, shall be such as may be most consistent with, and binding upon, the conscience of the person to whom such oath or affirmation may be administered.
Page 344 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever be guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege, or capacity, on account of his religious opinions...
Page 266 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Page 143 - A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution, is a political community of free citizens occupying a territory of defined boundaries, and organized under a government sanctioned and limited by a written constitution, and established by the consent of the governed.
Page 240 - 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.
Page 343 - No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Page 251 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
References to this book
The Fourth R: Conflicts Over Religion in America's Public Schools Joan DelFattore Limited preview - 2004 |