...Massachusetts, church and state were intertwined in that new society. Penn stated in 1682 that "government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end."10 With this foundation, religiously inspired laws were passed. Because of Biblical injunctions...

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...1958), p. 238. teenth Century, 16o)-1714 (London: Penguin II THE PROTESTANT EMPIRE FOUNDED Government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end. For if it does not directly remove the cause, it crushes the effects of evil and is as such (though...

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...life beyond corruption and makes it as durable in the world as good men shall be. So that government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end. " Legal Facts Surrounding the Term "Church and State" Before we can understand the issue regarding...

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...procedural dictates, contains a detailed explanation written by Penn establishing why government is "a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end.""9 In it he emphasized that "any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame)...

...government, Quakers were determined to ensure that politics be moral. Penn believed politics to be "a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and its end." Quakers were quick to oppose any government that was not fair in its application to all citizens....