Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with... Papers of the American Historical Association - Page 27by American Historical Association - 1888Full view - About this book
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing. Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...should " make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 632 pages
...fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing. Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...should " make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing. Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...sovereign reverence that act of the whole American pcople which declared that their legislature should " make no law respecting an establishment of religion,... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1914 - 1024 pages
...separate. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to the Pany Baptist Association, wrote: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...account to none other for his faith or his worship; thnt the legislative powers of government reach actions only, not opinions. I contemplate with sovereign... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 696 pages
...committee of the Danbury Baptist Association (8 id. 113), took occasion to say: " Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government (reach actions only, and not opinions/^-1 contemplate with sovereign reverence that... | |
| Jennie Anderson Froiseth - Latter Day Saint women - 1882 - 472 pages
...of the Danbury Baptist Association (8 Jeff. Works, 113.), took occasion tosay: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of the Government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of... | |
| Citizen of Massachusetts, Alfred Ellingwood Giles - Bigamy - 1882 - 80 pages
...committee of the Danbury Baptist Association (8 Jefferson's Works, 113), said, " Believing with you, that religion is a matter which lies solely between...faith or his worship ; that the legislative powers of the Government reach actions only,- and not opinions, — I contemplate with sovereign reverence that... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1156 pages
...committee of the Dan bury Baptist Association (8 id., 113), took occasion to say: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between...faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions, — I contemplate with sovereign reverence that... | |
| Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin, William Leo Joseph Griffin - Catholics - 1885 - 700 pages
...Boston. Who has copies of the pamphlets named above ?] FRANCIS T. FUREY. JEFFERSON ON FIRST AMENDMENT. " I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of...the whole American people which declared that their legislaiure should 'make no law AC.' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State."—... | |
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