 | Laurel - 2005 - 434 Seiten
...Source of body, mind, and spirit, yet chose not to undermine freedom by coercions thereon; and Whereas, the impious presumption of legislators and rulers,...civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough - 1963 - 328 Seiten
...from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and... | |
 | Ronald Bruce Flowers - 2005 - 228 Seiten
...from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in...the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others,... | |
 | Michael Farris - 2007 - 491 Seiten
...religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as it was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious...the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2007 - 320 Seiten
...who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption...the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others,... | |
 | Randall Norman Desoto - 2007 - 262 Seiten
...plan of the holy author of our blessed religion, who being lord of both body and mind, yet choose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to exalt it by its influence on reason alone..." In other words, the right to worship God freely... | |
 | Joel A. Johnson - 2007 - 208 Seiten
...from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, But to extend it by its influence on reason alone." These ideals become securely moored to the daily... | |
 | Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Historian Garry Wills - 2007 - 626 Seiten
...from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2007 - 320 Seiten
...author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate [our religion] by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do." Thus, in effect, the authors of this Declaration seem to identify themselves as Christians. It is hardly... | |
 | Albert A. Anderson - 2008 - 348 Seiten
...from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in...the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others,... | |
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... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and... 
