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... American Educational Monthly - Página 4421866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1876 - 326 páginas
...regularly convej^ed to them. Clause 18 of the Bill of Rights, a portion of the organic law, declares "That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and,, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
| Virginia. General Assembly - 1876 - 88 páginas
...moderation, temperance and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 18. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to... | |
| William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 páginas
...construed as exceptions to certain specifiedpowers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 'IV. That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force and violence; and, therefore, all men have a natural, equal, and unalienable right... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 664 páginas
...arms in his stead. " 20. '1'hat religion, or the duty which we owe to onr Creator, and the manlier of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and mnlirnahle right to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 652 páginas
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion 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 it, according to the dictates of conscience... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 páginas
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion 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 it, according to the dictates of conscience... | |
| Virginia - 1877 - 476 páginas
...temperance and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 18. That religion, or tLe duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of...reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dic'tates... | |
| 1878 - 530 páginas
...the court was equally divided, and, of course, the decree * The article ia in these words: — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the tree exercise of religion according to the dictates of... | |
| Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 páginas
...the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) comes this classic statement of the right of conscience: "religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
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