Author : S. T. Coleridge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781333117245
Book Description
Excerpt from On the Constitution of the Church and State, According to the Idea of Each: With Aids Toward a Right Judgment on the Late Catholic Bill The occasion of this small volume will be sufficiently explained, by an extract from a letter to a friend You express your wonder that I, who have so often avowed my dislike to the introduction even of the word, Religion, in any special sense, in Parliament, or from the mouth of Lawyer or Statesman, speaking as such; who have so earnestly contended, that Religion cannot take on itself the character of Law, without ipso facto ceasing to be Religion, and that Law could neither recognise the obligations of Re ligion for its principles, nor become the pretended Guardian and Protector of the Faith, without degenerating into inquisitorial tyranny - that I, who have avowed my belief, that if Sir Matthew Hale's doctrine, that the Bible was a part of the Law ofiv advertisement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.