 | Richard M Battistoni - Law - 2000 - 198 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...offence against God, not against man. To God, therefore, not to men, must an account of it be rendered. As the Bill violates equality by subjecting some to... | |
 | Garrett Ward Sheldon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 324 pages
...the Religion [Christianity] which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us." In an atmosphere of religious freedom, the burden of searching for religious truth and God's will rests... | |
 | Steven D. Smith - Law - 2001 - 250 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. 5 Later, in the First Congress, Madison proposed a constitutional amendment providing that "[n]o state... | |
 | Alan Mittleman, Robert Licht, Jonathan D. Sarna - History - 2002 - 396 pages
...divine origin," Madison wrote in his Memorial and Remonstrance (1785), "we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us." Jefferson refused to proclaim so much as a Thanksgiving Day, lest he "indirectly assume to the United... | |
 | John Curtis Samples - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 260 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.30 Scrupulous neutrality among religious denominations as well as between religious believers and... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll - History - 2003 - 652 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...offence against God, not against man: To God, therefore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered. As the Bill violates equality by subjecting some to... | |
 | William Lee Miller - Religion - 2003 - 300 pages
...to embrace ... the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...abused, it is an offence against God, not against man." Thus, deftly, does Madison expand religious liberty all the way. It is not at all clear that the broad... | |
 | Viggo Mortensen - Religion - 2003 - 500 pages
...freedom to embrace the religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...abused, it is an offence against God, not against man. The Christian religion both existed and flourished, not only without the support of human laws, but... | |
 | James A. Curry, Richard B. Riley, Richard M. Battistoni - Law - 2003 - 660 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us." Madison's broadside attack on religious assessments was vehemently criticized by many Baptists, Presbyterians,... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - History - 2004 - 340 pages
...and to observe the Religion which we lielieve to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence...offence against God, not against man: To God, therefore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered. As the Bill violates equality by subjecting some to... | |
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Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. 
