Probably at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration, the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was... Mercersburg Review - Page 3311851Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1982 - 548 pages
...the adoption of the Constitution, and of the [adoption and ratification of the First Amendment] . . . the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America...to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the rights of conscience, and the freedom of worship. Any attempt to level... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1982 - 518 pages
...Constitution, and of the . . . [adoption and ratification of the First Amendment] . . . the gonc-ral, if not the universal, sentiment in America was, that...to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the rights of conscience, and the freedom of worship. Any attempt to level... | |
| Bernard H. Siegan - 232 pages
...Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of [the first amendment], the general if not universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity...to receive encouragement from the state so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience and the freedom of religious worship. An... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1987 - 1186 pages
...of the amendment to H now vndtr consider* atio& [First Amendment), the genera) if not the univeraal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the State so fty as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience and the freedom of religious worahip.... | |
| Richard Vetterli, Gary C. Bryner - 1996 - 294 pages
...purpose of the First Amendment was not to make government the adversary of religion: Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the amendment to it now under consideration [the First Amendment], the general if not the universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought... | |
| Ronald F. Thiemann - 1996 - 208 pages
...as well as of revealed truth. . . . Probably at the time of the adoption of the constitution . . . the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America...to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience and the freedom of religious worship.25... | |
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