 | Philip Schaff - Church and state - 1888 - 176 pages
...proposed by Virginia : 1 Ibid., ii. 120. " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Andy Williams - Political Science - 1998 - 230 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. Section 16 That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. 184 Appendix 3 The Constitution of the United States of America Proposed by Convention September 17,... | |
 | jeffrey s gurock - History - 1998 - 516 pages
...declared, when adopted in its final form, that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is 93 the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.70... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...It reads in final form as follows: 16. That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other.39 A half century later, Madison... | |
 | Martin S. Sheffer - Political Science - 1999 - 242 pages
...19. Its clause on religion read as follows: "That religion, or the duty which we owe our Creatot, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other." Quoted in H. Commaget, DOCUMENTS... | |
 | Major Garrett, Tim J. Penny - Political Science - 1998 - 239 pages
...Address to Congress September 19, 1796 That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. — PATRICK HENRY, in the Virginia... | |
 | Francis Jennings - History - 2000 - 356 pages
...assembly's protest against the actions of the government replacing it. Further, Virginia directed that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise...forbearance, love, and charity towards each other." One cannot ignore the exclusion of slaves from the ranks of men - it was not a trifling oversight -... | |
 | Garrett Ward Sheldon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 324 pages
...of conscience and Christian forbearance: "That religion, or the duty which we owe our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only...force or violence; and therefore, all men are equally entided to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that the mutual... | |
 | Guy Padula - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 214 pages
...Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitled...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.41 Madison continued the drive... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - History - 2001 - 806 pages
...neutrality. 160 Tho Virginia proposal read: 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 all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
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That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... 
