 | Andrew L. Fitz-Gibbon - 2000 - 294 páginas
...of Religious Freedom: "All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities."72 Wolfhart Pannenberg suggests, 'the end of state-established religion did not mean the... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2000 - 228 páginas
...opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities."11 Such views, which Jefferson wrote into his famous 1779 Bill, would have a profound influence... | |
 | Peter W. Williams - 2002 - 628 páginas
...account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion,...diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. The final provision goes on to warn future legislators that "the rights hereby asserted are of the... | |
 | Isaac Backus, David Weston - 2001 - 612 páginas
...account of his religious opinions or belief; butthat all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion,...in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.1 Yet their houses for worship, and their large tracts of ministerial lands, were still... | |
 | Catharine Cookson - 2001 - 288 páginas
...opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.1*2 Yet, the Virginia statute offered a broader libertv than that of Lockean toleration.... | |
 | John Kendall Nelson - 2001 - 502 páginas
...opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.20 The statute buried the establishment. Virginia Anglicans felt the aftershocks for years... | |
 | Craig D. Atwood - 2001 - 414 páginas
...that proclaimed "that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions on matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities."1 However, Patrick Henry vigorously opposed the measure and it did not pass until 1786.... | |
 | J. Judd Owen - 2001 - 242 páginas
...all men shall be free to profess, and by argument maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities" (Jefferson [1787] 1954, 224). Moreover, Jefferson does not understand the polity to be capable of demanding,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - 376 páginas
...account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion,...diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. A Bill For Establishing Religious Freedom, January 1777 (This bill, introduced to the Virginia legislature,... | |
 | Preston D. Graham - 2002 - 332 páginas
...opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or effect their civil capacities. 3d. And though we will know that this Assembly, elected by the people... | |
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... or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free... 
