Who knew there were so many history 'experts' up in this bitch? (xPurts seems infintitely cooler imho)
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I could totally be wrong, but wasn't The Church like, insanely powerful > 'back in the day'? Even here, in America?" > > > Maybe in a regional sense. Unlike England, there was no universal church. > Different denominations were based in different geographical regions so > influence was not a nationwide deal. > > It was a big issue to keep church's from becoming very powerful. In an > earlier thread, I posted information on the states that required > representatives to be Christian. I lot of the same states had laws banning > clergymen from holding office. For example: > > *New York*; Section VIII (1777) "...no minister of the gospel, or priest of > any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any > pretense or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding any > civil or military office or place within this State." > > > Even so, it was probably still a good idea to hide his bible for other > reasons. > > > J > > === > > The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. - Albert Camus > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320758 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
