...RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.1 c.odhascre- Well aware that Almighty God hath created the iitcd the mind . . . free. mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacita1 " Works of Thomas Jefferson," volume viii, page 454 et iff.; "Collection...

...declared in the Virginia " Act of religious freedom," which reads as follows: " Whereas, Almighty <io<l hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishment, or burdens, or by civil inrapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness,...

...Virginia, and in 1785 succeeded in having the following enacted into law : The Virginia Law of 1785 "WHEREAS, Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishment, or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness,...

...Religious Freedom, Passed in the Assembly of Virginia in the Beginning of the Year 1786* WELL aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all...attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are...

...Jefferson said in the Virginia House of Delegates, that '"whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free," all attempts to influence it "by temporal punishments...civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of meanness and are a departure from the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord of both body and...

...state to the measured indictment of intolerance made by a sometime attorney at law of Williamsburg : ' Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free, that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishment or burthens or by civil incapacitatious tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness...

...Virginia establishment, and Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom was enacted in 1786: "I. Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind' free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal 81 An Act to enforce the due observation of the Sabbath, 1 Laws of Vermont (1808) 275. "The earliest...

...Religious Liberty," 12 Hening, Statutes of Vlrfinia (1823) 84, originally drafted by efferson, stating that "Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal • * * burthens * • • tend only to beget habits of hyprocrlsy and meanness * * *," and "that to...

...Liberty," 12 Henlng, Statutes of Virginia (1823) 84, originally drafted by Jefferson, stating that "Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to Influence It by temporal • • • burthens • • • tend only to beget habits of hyprocrlsy and meanness • • •,"...

...Henlng. Statutes of Virginia (1823) 84, originally drafted by Jefferson, stating that "Almighty Qod hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence It by temporal * * * burthens * * • tend only to beset habits of hyproerlsy and meanness * * *," and "that to compel...