 | Frederick Albert Cleveland - 1898 - 560 pages
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. That no man ought of right to be compelled to attend any religious worship, or... | |
 | Major Garrett, Tim J. Penny - 1998 - 239 pages
...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,...practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. — PATRICK HENRY, in the Virginia Bill of Rights June 12, 1776 The highest glory... | |
 | Francis Jennings - 2000 - 356 pages
...assembly's protest against the actions of the government replacing it. Further, Virginia directed that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other." One cannot ignore the exclusion... | |
 | Garrett Ward Sheldon - 2003 - 324 pages
...equally entided to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other" (73). This resolution expressed the spirit of religious liberty that the evangelical... | |
 | Guy Padula - 2002 - 214 pages
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion,...practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.41 Madison continued the drive to deny public funding of the clergy during the first... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - 2001 - 806 pages
...presumahly the greatest influence on Madison, is especially clear on this poinL It provides that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience" and defines "religion" as "the duty which we owe to our 144 See Marshall, Solving the Free Exercise Dilemma:... | |
 | Charles W. Dunn - 2001 - 232 pages
...mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain His pardon and forgiveness." The Virginia Bill of Rights (1776) stated: "It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and dignity towards each other." Pennsylvania's legislators took this oath of office (1776):"I do believe... | |
 | Wolfgang Fikentscher, Achim R. Fochem - 2002 - 336 pages
...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,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. Eine Erklärung der Rechte, gegeben... | |
 | Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 pages
...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,...forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. The Constitution of Virginia (1776) Written by the same people who had written the Declaration of Rights,... | |
 | James A. Curry, Richard B. Riley, Richard M. Battistoni - 2003 - 660 pages
...free exercise of religion." The Virginia Declaration of Rights adopted that same year held that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience; and . . . it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forebearance, love and charity toward the... | |
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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... 
