 It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of civil society. Before any man can be considered...  Niles' National Register - Seite 2951817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 Seiten
...Establishment of Religion by Law: It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage.... Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil...considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. l: Because the policy of the bill is adverse to the diffusion of the light of Christianity. The first... | |
 | Noel B. Reynolds, W. Cole Durham - 2003 - 320 Seiten
...(of unalienable natural rights and higher law]" and thereby invade the realm of religion — since "[b]efore any man can be considered as a member of...Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe." (pp. 271-273). Professor Sandoz concludes with a discussion of the union... | |
 | Daniel C. Palm - 1997 - 230 Seiten
...unalienable right . . . because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. . . . Before any man can be considered as a member of civil...as a subject of the Governor of the universe. And . . . every man who becomes a member of any particular civil society [must] do it with a saving of... | |
 | Bette Novit Evans - 1997 - 308 Seiten
...such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him, this duty is precedent, both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of civil society....who enters into any subordinate association, must also do it with a reservation of his duty to the general authority, much more must every man who becomes... | |
 | Lance Banning - 1995 - 566 Seiten
...homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to Him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of...as a subject of the Governor of the Universe: And . . . every man who becomes a member of any particular civil society [does] it with a saving of his... | |
 | James T. Kloppenberg - 2000 - 258 Seiten
...homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to Him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of...considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. ... We maintain, therefore, that in matters of religion no man's right is abridged by the institution... | |
 | Helmut Richard Niebuhr - 1998 - 286 Seiten
...and such only, as he believes acceptable to him. This duty is precedent bodi in order and time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society. Before any man can be considered a member of Civil Society, he must be considered a subject of the Governor of the Universe: And if... | |
 | Jonathan Riley - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...should never be subject to interference by law and opinion: This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society ... We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - 1999 - 253 Seiten
...precedent to all claims of civil society, and thus derives from a natural right resting on higher law. "Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil...Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe" — Creator, Universal Sovereign, and Supreme Lawgiver, as God is variously... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...its nature an unalienable right" because it relates to duties that are "precedent, but in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society." 1 While this hearing rightly focuses on issues of United States constitutional law, it is worth remembering... | |
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