| St. George Tucker, William Blackstone - 2000 - 3301 páginas
...subject, here spoken of. The constitution of Massachusetts*, declares, that, "the peo" pie of that commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of...'governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent * Established, March, 1780. •tor the crown of Great-Britain, each state from thatmoment became sovereign,... | |
| William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 páginas
...themselves quietly, and as good citizens of the state, shall be equally under the protection of the laws. And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law.24 State offylU Hampshire October 21, 1785, issued this official proclamation of the State, signed... | |
| Robert A. Goldwin - 1997 - 236 páginas
...denomination of christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination...denomination to another shall ever be established by law." Ibid., pp. 442-43. 25. All the citations in this section are taken from Schwartz, The Roots, voL V,... | |
| Isaac Kramnick, Robert Laurence Moore, R. Laurence Moore - 1997 - 196 páginas
...England Baptist grievances. True, the Massachusetts constitution that was adopted in 1780 stated that "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be considered by law. " That phrase ended the certificate system as it had existed. However, the constitution... | |
| jeffrey s gurock - 1998 - 516 páginas
...denomination of Christians demeaning themselves quietly, and as good subjects of the state, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination...denomination to another, shall ever be established by law.1" Catholics had to console themselves with this assurance alone, for, unlike their situation in... | |
| James H. Hutson - 2000 - 228 páginas
...denomination of christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good Subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the Law: And no subordination...denomination to another shall ever be established by law.66 This final text routinized, and raised to constitutional status, the traditional tithing system,... | |
| David Parker - 2000 - 254 páginas
...was to locate authority in the communiry itself. As the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights put it: The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and...themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state. . . . All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them. the several magistrates... | |
| American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1909 - 492 páginas
...denomination of Xaiw demeaning themselves peaceably shall be equally under the protection of the law; & no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. In pronouncing against us, in place of an equal protection, is it not subordinating us to the other... | |
| Isaac Backus, David Weston - 2001 - 612 páginas
...men who support their teachers by tax and compulsion. Again, the Massachusetts constitution says, " No subordination of any one sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law." Yet the Congregational denomination have constantly violated this article also. Though to hide it they... | |
| Don Erler - 2002 - 216 páginas
...probably best summarized the prevailing thought of the founding period: All religious sects "shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination...denomination to another shall ever be established by law." So do we need Istook's amendment? My inclination is not to tamper with the wording of the First Amendment.... | |
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