 | 1875 - 1750 pages
...exercise and enjoyment of religious opinions or interfere with the rights of conscience. — Oregon, 1857. And, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience. — Fa., 1870. Nor shall any control of or interference with the rights... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2003 - 214 pages
...transforming its grant of the "fullest Toleration in the Exercise of Religion" to a guarantee that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." Brant's estimate of the importance of Madison's amendment is certainly... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - 2004 - 182 pages
...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...practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. II. MASSACHUSETTS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS Drafted by John Adams The man who was to... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 pages
...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,...practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other. NOTES 1. For a brief historiographical essay on Mason, see Peter Wallenstein, "George... | |
 | Murray Dry - 2004 - 324 pages
...or the duty 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,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.6 Table 2.2. Religious Freedom... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - 2004 - 204 pages
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, that all men are equally entitled to the free exercise...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other. (Reprinted in Alley 1985: 52)... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - 2004 - 468 pages
...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,...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." 12 Equal natural rights also imply equal natural duties. Your right... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 2004 - 260 pages
...acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. THAT all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences and understanding: And that no man ought or of right can be compelled... | |
 | Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard - 2004 - 1263 pages
...the Old Testament. In his defense, Henry pointed out that "the Language of the Bill of rights is that all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own Conscience." He asked his colleagues, "who among us feels himself so exalted... | |
 | Oscar Reiss - 2015 - 239 pages
...Madison, who spoke for Jefferson, who was in Europe at the time.27 Madison called for liberty of worship: "All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of his conscience." In 1779, Virginia stopped the taxation that supported the Episcopal... | |
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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... 
