 | Philip Goff, Paul Harvey - 2004 - 404 pages
...Jefferson described his own understanding of the nature of religion, the Virginia statute provides "that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - 2004 - 182 pages
...when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | R. L. Worthy - 2004 - 125 pages
...not only had the revolution been fought and won— the fact is that these words speak for themselves: "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support...religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever." In that he has captured the actual sentiments of the founders so well, permit me to share this comment... | |
 | David W. Odell-Scott - 2004 - 404 pages
...protect the same rights that Virginia's bill sought to protect, 96 Justice Black quotes Jefferson, "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support...religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever." 97 Based on this history, Justice Black penned some of the most oft-quoted language concerning the... | |
 | Murray Dry - 2004 - 324 pages
...recommended that the state governments prosecute libelous speech. Furthermore, the bill resolved that "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry," or in any way "suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief."21 When Jefferson was elected... | |
 | Barbara A. McGraw, Jo Renee Formicola - 2005 - 368 pages
...matter, insists "that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions" and resolves that "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place or ministry whatsoever . . . nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them: BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 pages
...is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2005 - 270 pages
...sichs-history.org/Shavs.html which became the model later for the First Amendment to the US Constitution, stated: "That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burdened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Susan Dudley Gold - 2006 - 200 pages
...and. in 1786. adopted instead Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. It read in part: No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on... | |
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That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions... 
