 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 pages
...the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) comes this classic statement of the right of conscience: "religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience."38... | |
 | James Trapier Ringgold - 2003 - 346 pages
...of religious worship which to them shall seem most agreeable to the revealed will of God. VIRGINIA. Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; it... | |
 | Alan Mittleman - 2003 - 352 pages
...among established Christian denominations. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is... | |
 | A. L. David - 2003 - 158 pages
...make them secondclass citizens ... for my Temple shall be called 'A House of Prayer for All People'. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence . . . - Patrick Henry God changes not what is a people, until they change what is in themselves. -... | |
 | William Lee Miller - 2003 - 300 pages
...remonstrate against the said Bill, i. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth,"that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is... | |
 | Joseph P. Hester - 2003 - 296 pages
...alone. God presides over the destinies of nations." — Patrick Henry. "That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." —... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll - 2003 - 652 pages
...late established Church of England, to the Sole, and only use of the Protestant Episcopal Church. If Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed, only by reason and conviction; not by force and violence (so fully expressed in the XVI Art: of the bill of Rights, and the late Act for establishing... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2003 - 420 pages
...helped write the Virginia Bill of Rights, which stated: "That Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator, and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by Reason and Convictions, not by Force or Violence; and therefore all Men are equally entitled to the free exercise... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul - 2004 - 468 pages
...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Article 16 reads: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." 12... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - 2004 - 204 pages
...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." [Virginia Declaration of Rights, art. 16] The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction... | |
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That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... 
