Religion and the State, Or, The Bible and the Public SchoolsDodd, Mead, 1876 - 393 pages |
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Page 72
... equally careful and circumspect ? Indifferentism poorly becomes a State that has a theological creed to administer and propagate ; and as a matter of history , it has seldom been charge- able with this kind of delinquency . These ...
... equally careful and circumspect ? Indifferentism poorly becomes a State that has a theological creed to administer and propagate ; and as a matter of history , it has seldom been charge- able with this kind of delinquency . These ...
Page 105
... equally free peaceably to ex- press and propagate his opinions , he is not free to commit acts which society cannot , in consistency with its own welfare , permit to be done with impu- nity , for any reasons . It is the province of just ...
... equally free peaceably to ex- press and propagate his opinions , he is not free to commit acts which society cannot , in consistency with its own welfare , permit to be done with impu- nity , for any reasons . It is the province of just ...
Page 112
... equally demand that it should be put into effective action . If it be the right and duty of the State to have a theology , then it is its duty to be governed by it and to govern the people by it . The least that it can do is to devise ...
... equally demand that it should be put into effective action . If it be the right and duty of the State to have a theology , then it is its duty to be governed by it and to govern the people by it . The least that it can do is to devise ...
Page 122
... equally well adapted to spiritual and religious ends , or that it is at all adapted to the latter purpose . To show that a thing is good in one relation and for one object clearly does not show 122 Religion and the State .
... equally well adapted to spiritual and religious ends , or that it is at all adapted to the latter purpose . To show that a thing is good in one relation and for one object clearly does not show 122 Religion and the State .
Page 123
... equally well fitted or fitted at all to undertake the cure of souls , to teach religion , and prescribe rules for the observance of men in their relations to God . The transcendent importance of things spiritual , as compared with ...
... equally well fitted or fitted at all to undertake the cure of souls , to teach religion , and prescribe rules for the observance of men in their relations to God . The transcendent importance of things spiritual , as compared with ...
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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 |