 During almost fifteen centuries, has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy ; ignorance and servility in the laity ; in both, superstition, bigotry...  Three Years in North America - Page 34by James Stuart - 1833 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 592 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places, pride and...Inquire of the teachers of Christianity for the ages in wbich it appeared in its greatest lustre ; those of every sect point to the ages prior to its incorporation... | |
 | 1817 - 436 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. — What have been its fruits ) More or less in all places, pride and...Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its great est lustre; those of every sect point in the ages prior to its incorporation with civil policy.... | |
 | 1817 - 442 pages
...More or less in all places, pride arid indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the liaiy; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution. Inquire...Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its great est lustre; those of every sect point to the ages prior to its incorporation with civil policy.... | |
 | James Madison - Church and state - 1828 - 16 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and...indolence in the clergy ; ignorance and servility in the laiety ; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution. Inquire of the teachers of Christianity for... | |
 | Alonzo Trévier Jones - Church history - 1891 - 1046 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less, in all places, pride and...for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest luster ; those of every sect point to the ages prior to its incorporation with civil policy. Propose... | |
 | Robert Baylor Semple, George William Beale - Religion - 1894 - 854 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places pride" and...; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Enquire of the teachers of Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest lustre. Those... | |
 | Charles Fenton James - Freedom of religion - 1899 - 284 pages
...almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places pride and...; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Enquire of the teachers of Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest lustre. Those... | |
 | James Madison - Constitutional history - 1787 - 446 pages
...almost fifteen centuries, has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places, pride and...; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Enquire of the Teachers of Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest lustre ;... | |
 | James Madison - Constitutional history - 1901 - 440 pages
...almost fifteen centuries, has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits ? More or less in all places, pride and...; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Enquire of the Teachers of Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest lustre ;... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1902 - 606 pages
...support of it by law would be tantamount to a confession that it could not stand on its own merits. "'Pride and indolence in the clergy, ignorance and...in both superstition, bigotry, and persecution.'' had, he said, always followed church establishment. Yet the art for religious freedom which was now... | |
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