Christian Faith & Religious FreedomTEACH Services, Inc., 1996 - 124 pages "In an era when the American church is actively pursuing political power, Christian Faith and Religious Freedom provides a timely and important analysis of the biblical and christological basis of religious freedom. Dr. Norskov Olsen has achieved a remarkable work of Scripture and history alike on fundamental principles of religious liberty and church/state relations. Readers of all faiths will appreciate this important work, which fills a glaring void in the literature." -Alan J. Reinach, Esq. |
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Page 65 - ... nor can any man be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right, as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship ; and that no authority can, or ought to be vested in or assumed by any power whatever that shall in any case interfere with or in any manner control the rights of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship...
Page 29 - ... as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Page 80 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Page 15 - ... that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us : for in him we live, and move, and have our being ; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Page 16 - I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Page 74 - This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that in matters religious no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs. Nor is anyone to be restrained from acting in accordance with his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.
Page 65 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience : or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship.