 The whole history of the Christian Religion shows, that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance of power, than of being crushed by its opposition. Those who thrust temporal sovereignty upon her, treat her as their prototypes treated...  The United States Democratic Review - Page 2481846Full view - About this book
 | James Marcus King - United States - 1899 - 740 pages
...taxation is a vital, dangerous, and iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." Dr. Orestes A. Brownson said : " It may be safely asserted that, except in the United States, the Church... | |
 | James Marcus King - United States - 1899 - 732 pages
...taxation is a vital, dangerous, and iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...danger of being corrupted by the alliance of power thau of being crushed by its opposition." Dr. Orestes A. Brownson said : " It may be safely asserted... | |
 | Success - 1902 - 624 pages
...and whited), I say, as is the bloody tenent of persecution for cause of conscience. ROGER WILLIAMS. The whole history of the Christian religion shows...greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance with the civil power than of being crushed by its opposition. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. Religious liberty,... | |
 | Seventh-Day Adventists - 1908 - 378 pages
...in any way, the better for the state and for religion. — St. Louis Post-Despatch, March 7, /pop. THE whole history of the Christian religion shows...of power than of being crushed by its opposition. — Lord Macaulay. The Purpose Behind Sunday Laws IF Sunday, as you [another writer] say, is merely... | |
 | William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord - Ecclesiastical law - 1911 - 820 pages
...contribution. Keep the church and state forever separate." Speech at Des Moines. Iowa, 1875. MACAULAY : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." Essay on " Southey's Colloquies." DR. PHILIP SCHAFF: " Secular power has'proved a Satanic gift to the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1913 - 824 pages
...last restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of Christianity shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...their prototypes treated her author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry ' Hail ! ' and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre in her... | |
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