God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, is necessary to hold office. In North Carolina, no person who denies the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old and' New Testament, was capable of holding office. Many of... Notions of the Americans - Page 242by James Fenimore Cooper - 1835Full view - About this book
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...it as an article in the form of- government, " That no person who shall deny the being of a God, or the truth of the Protestant Religion, or the divine authority of the Ok] or New Testament, shall be capable of holding a-ny office or place of trust or profit in the civil... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...it as an article in the farm of government, " That n(> person who shall deny the being of a God, or the truth of the Protestant Religion, or the divine authority of the Otd OF Nev»Testament, shall be capable of holding a-ny office or place of trust or profit in the civil... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1828 - 530 pages
...Tenessee, a belief in God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, is necessary to enable a person to hold office. In North Carolina no person who denies...which some law, that has been a dead letter, is not reVOL. II. Y pealed in some one of the states, in order to bring the theory of the government more... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...member of the house, one hundred acres for six months. No person who denied the being of a God, or the truth of the protestant religion, or the divine authority of the old or new testament, or who should hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety... | |
| Baptists - 1830 - 602 pages
...seventeen of the States the same oblervation holds good as to taking office under the Stale Governments. In North Carolina, no person who denies the truth...religion, or the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments, is ccpable of holding any civil office. In New Jersey no person who is a Protestant can... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pages
...rewards and punishments, is required as a qualification for office. In N. Carolina, no one denying the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old or New Testament, or whose religious principles are incompatible with the freedom and safety of the... | |
| James Bell - Geography - 1831 - 778 pages
...seat in the general assembly or council of state. No person who denies the existence of the Deity, the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Scriptures, can hold any public office. Justices of the peace are appointed by the general assembly,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1833 - 732 pages
...much more from necessity than from any other cause. Still the advancement of thought in America wat rather gradual than sudden. Many of the original provisions...though some of them still remain. There is scarcely a year.passes, in which some law, that has been a dead letter,, is not repealed in some one of the States,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 630 pages
...rewards and punishments, is required as a qualification for office. In .V Carolina, no one denying the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old or New Testament, or whose religious principles are incompatible with the freedom and safety of the... | |
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