| Benjamin Justice - 2005 - 308 pągines
...wrote into their 1777 state constitution that the new republican form of government would halt the "spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests [have] scourged mankind." 18 To this end, the fledgling state sponsored no established church... | |
| James J. Kirschke - 2005 - 412 pągines
...adopted Morris's change unanimously. The New York Constitution of April 20, 1777, declared freedom from "spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind" and proceeded to "ordain, determine, and declare, that the... | |
| John Witte - 2006 - 513 pągines
...The Constitution of New York addressed both state and Church intrusions on conscience, endeavoring "not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard...wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests have scourged mankind." It thus declared "that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious... | |
| Anna Waldherr - 2007 - 372 pągines
...Jefferson, wielded "the finest pen in America." It was adopted on April 20, 1777. Article 38 read: And whereas we are required by the benevolent principles...wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind: This Convention doth further, in the name and by the authority... | |
| George E. Connor, Christopher W. Hammons - 2008 - 816 pągines
...rational liberty" made it essential to guard against religious and well as civil tyranny, decried the "spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," and provided that "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious... | |
| 1898 - 404 pągines
...Convention. The provision in the New York Constitution referred to is Article XXXVIII, and reads as follows: "And whereas, We are required by the benevolent principles...wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind, this convention doth further, in the name and by the authority... | |
| 1901 - 558 pągines
...noticeable fact that while the framers of the original constitution of this state adopted a clause that "whereas we are required by the benevolent principles...spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotrv and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," therefore, " the... | |
| Van der Vyver, J. D., Johan David Van der Vyver, John Witte, Jr. - 1996 - 722 pągines
...753. 88 Delaware Declaration of Rights (1776), sec. 2. church intrusions on conscience, and endeavored "not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard...wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests have scourged mankind [and thus] declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious... | |
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