Religion and the State, Or, The Bible and the Public SchoolsDodd, Mead, 1876 - 393 pages |
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... reader can fairly judge only by perusing the entire series of essays . If he will turn to the last number , entitled " The Conclusion , " he will find a summary of the whole discussion , and be the better able to judge of the relations ...
... reader can fairly judge only by perusing the entire series of essays . If he will turn to the last number , entitled " The Conclusion , " he will find a summary of the whole discussion , and be the better able to judge of the relations ...
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... reading and religious worship therein , which is one of the sharpest issues between the Catholic and the Protestant , would be still left to the discretion of each State . So also there would be no inhibition upon the use of public ...
... reading and religious worship therein , which is one of the sharpest issues between the Catholic and the Protestant , would be still left to the discretion of each State . So also there would be no inhibition upon the use of public ...
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... reading , opening the school by prayer , and singing religious hymns would come within the prohibition , would be a question of con- struction , in regard to which we here express no opinion , because the President has not given the ...
... reading , opening the school by prayer , and singing religious hymns would come within the prohibition , would be a question of con- struction , in regard to which we here express no opinion , because the President has not given the ...
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... reading of King James's version of the Sacred Scriptures , opening the public school by prayer , and singing a religious hymn will not satisfy the Catholic , for two reasons : First , as an educational régime it is , in his view ...
... reading of King James's version of the Sacred Scriptures , opening the public school by prayer , and singing a religious hymn will not satisfy the Catholic , for two reasons : First , as an educational régime it is , in his view ...
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... reading of King James's version of the Scriptures in the public schools is demanded by a certain class of Protestants ; and to it the Catholic objects , as an offense to his con- science . What he wants is the Douay version ; and this ...
... reading of King James's version of the Scriptures in the public schools is demanded by a certain class of Protestants ; and to it the Catholic objects , as an offense to his con- science . What he wants is the Douay version ; and this ...
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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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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 |