| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 דפים
...recurrence to fundamental principles. 1 6. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
| Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - 2004 - 204 דפים
...for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." [Virginia Declaration of Rights, art. 16] The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction... | |
| F. Forrester Church - 2004 - 182 דפים
...for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The religion, then, of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it... | |
| Murray Dry - 2004 - 324 דפים
...section 16 of the Virginia bill of rights. That religion, or the duty we owe to our ( 'reator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by lorce or violence; and therefore, ;ill men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
| William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 דפים
...sixteenth section, authored by Patrick Henry, read, That Religion or the duty that we owe our Creator, and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by Reason and Conviction, and not by Force or Violence; and therefore that all Men shou'd enjoy the fullest Toleration in the... | |
| Jeremy Roberts - 2004 - 126 דפים
...not only toward a career but toward a greater purpose in life. CHAPTER TWO REVOLUTION "Religion . . . can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. " — James Madison, explaining the Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 James Madison was outraged.... | |
| Oscar Reiss - 2015 - 239 דפים
...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... | |
| Michael Farris - 2005 - 228 דפים
...the Virginia Declaration, which states: That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
| Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 דפים
...we owe to our CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason GEORGE MASON and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and ... it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance,... | |
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