 | Joseph Lomas Towers - Bible - 1808 - 346 pages
...the Decree, passed by the Convention May 7, 1794, are as follow. ' 1. The French nation acknowlcges the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. —8. The freedom of religious worship is maintained.' ligion as far as they are connected46 But it... | |
 | Hipólito José da Costa - Freemasonry - 1811 - 396 pages
...relating either mediately or immediately to the truths of our religion — for instance, in metaphysics, the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul : in ethics, the summitm bonum, and other things ? Declare, then, if you studied any authors who oppose... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1812 - 546 pages
...l)eing laid before the convention was formed into a decree, of which the following is the substance: the French nation acknowledges the existence of a...immortality of the soul. It acknowledges that the worship of the Supreme Being consists in the practice of the duties of man to man. It ranks among those duties... | |
 | Theophilus Camden - France - 1814 - 746 pages
...separately, it would appear more calculated to found a new species of idolatry. It formally acknowledged the existence ' of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul, and that the best worship consisted in practising the duties of man, and provided for the freedom of... | |
 | 1815 - 538 pages
...sceptical spirit of the age has not made it necessary for learning and genius to enforce and defend ; even the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. How much time, and what a waste of sense and paper, have not been caused in this enlightened age, by... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1816 - 490 pages
...regimen, and those by which it was accompanied. The plan of the decree passed in the following form : 1. The French nation acknowledges the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. 2. It acknowledges that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being, consists in the practice of the duties... | |
 | John Aikin - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...appeared as a votary of religion. It was preparatory to a decree, by which the French nation recognized the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul, declared the freedom of public worship, and appointed decades and other religious festivals. His sanguinary... | |
 | John Aikin - Great Britain - 1820 - 538 pages
...appeared as a votary of religion. It was preparatory to a decree, by which the French nation recognised the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul, declared the freedom of public worship, and appointed decades and other religious festivals. His sanguinary... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Chronology, Historical - 1826 - 720 pages
...duke of York repulsed the French, who had attacked him. 7. Robespierre and the convention recognised the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. 8. Lavoisier, the celebrated French chemist, was carried to the block and guillotined with 27 other... | |
 | Henry Boyle - Chronology, Historical - 1826 - 704 pages
...duke of York repulsed the French, who had attacked him. 7. Robespierre and the convention recognised the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. 8. Lavoisier, the celebrated French chemist, was carried to the block and guillotined with 27 other... | |
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... the existence of a Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. 
