 I am, moreover, averse to the communication of my religious tenets to the public; because it would countenance the presumption of those who have endeavored to draw them before that tribunal, and to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that inquisition...  The Alumni Bulletin - Página 1211908Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Robert Scheer - 2006 - 328 páginas
...state. As a public man, Jefferson even resisted identifying himself as Christian, being, as he wrote, "averse to the communication of my religious tenets to the public because it would seduce public opinion to erect itself into that inquisition over the rights of conscience, which the... | |
 | Matthew A. Misbach - 2007 - 60 páginas
...compared with those of Revelation." subject of religion, a text for misrepresentations and calumnies. I am moreover averse to the communication of my religious...have endeavored to draw them before that tribunal, & to seduce public opinion to erect itself into that inquisition over the rights of conscience, which... | |
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