 The real object of the [First] [A]mendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical...  A Treatise on Criminal Law - Page 393by Francis Wharton - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...§ 991. The real object of the amendment was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity...exclusive patronage of the national government. It thus sought to cut off the means of religious persecution, (the vice and pest of former ages,) and the power... | |
 | Harmon Kingsbury - Sabbath - 1840 - 404 pages
...on."—(Constitution.) " The real object of the amendment was, not to countenance, much less to advance, Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;...prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment, which would give to an hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national Government."—Ibid, pages 700,... | |
 | Robert Baird - Mormons - 1844 - 360 pages
...religion. " The real object of this amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or Infidelity, by prostrating Christianity,...ecclesiastical establishment which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government. It thus cuts off the means of religious... | |
 | Robert Baird - Latter Day Saints - 1844 - 372 pages
...religion. " The real object of this amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or Infidelity, by prostrating Christianity,...ecclesiastical establishment which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government. It thus cuts off the means of religious... | |
 | Reformed Church - 1851 - 644 pages
...real object of the amendment was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahommedanism or Judakm, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity, but to...exclusive patronage of the national government." It is however mainly to the State constitutions and laws that we must look for the most direct evidence... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...1877. The real object of the amendment was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating christianity;...ecclesiastical establishment, which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government. It thus cut off the means of religious... | |
 | Clement Moore Butler - Funeral sermons - 1856 - 308 pages
...Judge Tucker in his notes on Blackstone, " was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity ; but to exclude all rivalry of Christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment which should give to an... | |
 | William Astley Cooper Anderson - California - 1859 - 92 pages
..."SEC. 991. The real object of the amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;...among Christian sects, and to prevent any national establishment which should give to an hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government.... | |
 | W. C. Anderson - Religion in the public schools - 1859 - 104 pages
...SEC. 991. The real object of the amendment was not to countenance, mnch less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;...among Christian sects, and to prevent any national establishment which should give to an hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government.... | |
 | George Washington Paschal - Constitutional law - 1868 - 448 pages
...definition. The real object of the amendment was, not to countenance, much less to advance Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity...prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment which would give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government. Story's Const. § 1877... | |
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