“... [E]xperience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of Religion, have had a contrary operation. During almost… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise… During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment… — James Madison Copy Share Image
During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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