The Test of Experience: Or, The Voluntary Principle in the United StatesA. Cockshaw, 1851 - 124 Seiten |
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... congregationalism on the one hand , and with episcopacy on the other . We may now proceed to notice its operation respectively in each group . CHAPTER II . ITS WORKING . IN proceeding to consider 10 THE COMPULSORY PRINCIPLE .
... congregationalism on the one hand , and with episcopacy on the other . We may now proceed to notice its operation respectively in each group . CHAPTER II . ITS WORKING . IN proceeding to consider 10 THE COMPULSORY PRINCIPLE .
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... operation of the compulsory principle in reli- gion , not in politics . Political advantages are nothing to the point , still less so is one that was purely incidental to the circumstances and the time . The second is , that it is sub ...
... operation of the compulsory principle in reli- gion , not in politics . Political advantages are nothing to the point , still less so is one that was purely incidental to the circumstances and the time . The second is , that it is sub ...
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... operation , such act will be an in- fringement of natural right . " The step thus taken in one colony was soon taken by the rest . " At the period in question , Virginia was the leading state of the south , if not of the whole union ...
... operation , such act will be an in- fringement of natural right . " The step thus taken in one colony was soon taken by the rest . " At the period in question , Virginia was the leading state of the south , if not of the whole union ...
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... operation of the voluntary principle as thus brought into full play ; but , before we do so , we may profit- ably employ ourselves for a few moments in drawing an inference from the materials which are already before us . We have here a ...
... operation of the voluntary principle as thus brought into full play ; but , before we do so , we may profit- ably employ ourselves for a few moments in drawing an inference from the materials which are already before us . We have here a ...
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... operation , the compulsory principle in religion was repudiated , is it likely that the communities who repudiated it were mis- taken in their judgment of it ? If a decided preference was thus given to the voluntary principle , and a ...
... operation , the compulsory principle in religion was repudiated , is it likely that the communities who repudiated it were mis- taken in their judgment of it ? If a decided preference was thus given to the voluntary principle , and a ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
American Bible Society American clergy amount Assembly atheism Baird Baptists Bible Bishop of London body Captain Marryatt CHAPTER character Christian church accommodation church establishments Church of England civil colony compulsory principle Congregationalists congregations conscience course denominations dissenters dollars ecclesiastical establishment effected England episcopal church Episcopalians established church evangelical existence favour give gospel greater number increased influence irreligious judgment labours less liberty Mary Dyer Massachusetts Matheson's Narrative matter ment Methodists ministry missionaries nation nature number of churches number of communicants observed opinion ourselves parish pastor persons piety places of worship political population preach preachers Presbyterians profess protestant quakers question Reed and Matheson's Reformed Reformed Baptists religion religious establishments respect says Dr schools sects sentiments settlements society spirit statistical paper Sunday-school Swedenborgians testimony theological things tion union United Virginia Virginian group voluntary principle voluntary system Voluntaryism
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 32 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Seite 33 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Seite 33 - ... truth is great, and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons — free argument and debate — errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Seite 33 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess , and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Seite 36 - ... all religious sects and denominations, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law ; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law.
Seite 33 - NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Seite 29 - 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 to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Seite 100 - On my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention ; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things.
Seite 30 - Therefore, we ask no ecclesiastical establishments for ourselves ; neither can we approve of them when granted to others.
Seite 10 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.