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
| 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... | |
| Harold Begbie - Civilization - 1923 - 264 pages
...set free to do its mighty work on the human soul. "The whole history of Christianity," says Macaulay, "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 hand,... | |
| Charles Smull Longacre - Church and state - 1927 - 136 pages
...engine of tyranny in the hands of the state." — Dr. Philip SchafJ, in " Church and State," p. 11. " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." — Macaulay's Essay on " Southey's Colloquies.'' " I consider the government of the United States... | |
| 1830 - 594 pages
...directed their attacks against the last restraint of the powerful, and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian Religion shows,...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 into her... | |
| Literature - 1860 - 964 pages
...last restraint of tho powerful, and tho last hopo of the wretched. The whole history of Christianity shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted by tho alliance of power, than of being crushed by its opposition. Those who thrust temporal sovereignty... | |
| Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 522 pages
...strength of his intellect and passions. The whole history of the Christian religion shows, he says, that " she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...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 into her hand,... | |
| Freedom of religion - 1893 - 460 pages
...as has been proven many times. " The whole history of the Christian religion shows that the Church is in far greater danger of being corrupted by the...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." . — Macaulay. "Many imagine that the doctrine of the gospel requires the support of civil power.... | |
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