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	Baptists - MSN Encarta
		Baptists, Protestant Christians who accept the basic tenets of the 16th-century Reformation (justification by faith, the authority of the Scriptures, and the priesthood of the believer) but have added other beliefs and practices, including baptism of believers by immersion only, the separation of church and state, and the autonomy of the local church.
		Baptists feel that infants have no comprehension of repentance and faith; consequently, they reserve the ordinance until a time of understanding (usually early teenage years and after), when joining the church will be by personal choice and therefore more meaningful.
		Baptists argue that the self-government of the local church preserves the spirit of democracy, encourages the participation of lay persons in the church, and permits a wide range of theological expression.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559750/Baptists.html (1678 words)

	Wikinfo \| Separation of church and state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The separation of church and state is a concept in law wherein the structures of state or national government are kept separate from those of religion.
		Churches, synagogues, temples and cathedrals built before 1905, at the taxpayers' expense, are now the property of the state and the communes; however they may be gratuitously used for religious activities provided this religious use stays continuous in time.
		The Presbyterian church in Scotland and the Anglican church in England.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Separation_of_church_and_state (3581 words)

	sociology - Separation of church and state
		The separation of church and state is a concept in law whereby the structures of state or national government are kept separate from those of religious institutions.
		The separation of church and state is related to freedom of religion, but the two concepts are different and one should not infer hastily that countries with a state church do not necessarily have freedom of religion, nor should one infer that a country without a state church necessarily enjoys freedom of religion.
		The opposite end of the spectrum from secularism is a theocracy, in which the state and state religion are inseperable, and the rule of law is based on interpretation of a religious texts such as the Bible or the Qur'an.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Separation_of_church_and_state (4774 words)

	The Definitive Guide to Baptist XXXX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Baptists emphasize that the remembrance is symbolic of Christ's body and reject literal views of communion such as transubstantiation and Real Presence held by other Christian groups based on their interpretation of John 6.
		Baptists who were imprisoned or died for their beliefs have played an important role in the historical struggle for freedom of religion and separation of church and state in England, the United States, and other countries.
		Baptist comes from the Greek word Î²Î±ÏÏÎ¹ÏÏÎ®Ï (baptistÃ©s, "baptist", used to describe John the Baptist), which is related to the verb Î²Î±ÏÏÎ¯Î¶Ï (baptÃzo, "to baptize, wash, dip, immerse"), and the Latin baptista, and is in direct connection to "the baptizer", John the Baptist.
	www.reasontutorials.com /s/Baptist (5804 words)

	Separation Church/State
		Baptist history is rooted in concern for conscience and freedom for persons to believe, to choose, to live unregimented, whether by religious dogma and institution or by social and political structures.
		Resolutions by the American Baptist Churches over the years have particularly sought to reflect the denomination's basic principles of freedom of thought and belief, the right of dissent, and the responsibility to speak prophetically to church and society and support human dignity and social justice.
		What the First Amendment created was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury (Connecticut) Baptist Association, "a wall of separation between church and state." The protections of freedom guaranteed by this wall of separation include both the individual right to free choice and to privacy of choice.
	www.teachingaboutreligion.org /WhitePapers/separation_church_state.htm (2005 words)

	Separation of church and state - dKosopedia
		Others, known as theocrats, assert that the state should be inseparable from religion, and advocate an established church; this position is otherwise known as antidisestablishmentarianism.
		At the time of the passage of the Bill of Rights, several states had established churches, and the prohibition against the Federal interference with religion (like most of the other rights in the Bill of Rights) was understood to be a limitation on the Federal government, but not the power of state governments.
		The operation of "separation of church and state"' highlights the difficulty of enforcing laws in a society that encourages the open expression of conflicting religious beliefs.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state (1578 words)

	80.ch.03: Baptists and Religious Liberty in Early Connecticut
		If any person shall choose to separate himself from the society or denomination of Christians to which he may belong, and shall leave a written notice thereof with the clerk of such society, he shall thereupon be no longer liable for any future expenses which may be incurred by said society.
		The story of the early Baptist struggles in Connecticut is thoroughly and authoritatively discussed in William G. McLaughlin, New England Dissent, 1630-1833: The Baptists and the Separation of Church and State.
		New England Dissent, 1630-1833: The Baptists and the Separation of Church and State.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/cthistory/80.ch.03.x.html (3556 words)

	Separation of Church and State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		We could not approve the slightest breach.” The “separation of church and state” phrase which they invoked, and which has today become so familiar, was taken from an exchange of letters between President Thomas Jefferson and the Baptist Association of Danbury, Connecticut, shortly after Jefferson became President.
		This political disposition of the Baptists was understandable, for from the early settlement of Rhode Island in the 1630s to the time of the federal Constitution in the 1780s, the Baptists had often found themselves suffering from the centralization of power.
		Such rulings against State laws are a direct violation of the words and intent of the very one from whom the courts claim to derive their policy.
	www.ccv.org /Separation_of_Church_and_State.htm (1951 words)

	Church and State Separation by Gene Garman
		The principle of separation between religion and government was a part of America's history for over a century before the Constitution was written.
		Those persons and organizations which promote the principle of separation in terms of "church and state" could eliminate much general and legal confusion by revising their terminology to conform to the wording of the Constitution.
		In no state was the struggle for separation between religion and government more thoroughly documented than in Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" became law in 1786.
	www.cjnetworks.com /~ggarman/church.html (1350 words)

	Baptist Polity (Special Baptist Heritage Series)
		In the time when union of church and state dominated Europe, governmental and ecclesiastical rulers reacted violently to the insistence by Baptists that persons should be free to make voluntary choices concerning religious belief and that only regenerate persons should be members of churches.
		Baptists held tenaciously to the conviction that each person and all persons had equal voice in the governance of the church.
		The causes of these trends include apathy on the part of church members, a CEO concept of the role of the pastor, an interpretation of Scripture that gives to pastors special authority, a failure to maintain a regenerate church membership, and a large increase in the size of the membership of many churches.
	www.mercer.edu /baptiststudies/localchurch/heritageseries/polity.htm (932 words)

	First Baptist Church in Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Baptist life is characterized by believer’s baptism – baptism not as an infant but baptism which is freely chosen by those old enough to make decisions about their own lives, beliefs, and behaviors.
		Baptists believe that such a separation is healthy both for the churches and for the state.
		Church members manage church affairs by serving on boards of trustees, deacons, education, outreach, and other committees, and a coordinating church council.
	www.fbcnewton.org /FBCNWhatBaptistsBelieve.htm (389 words)

	Baptist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baptists have a strong emphasis on the concept of salvation.
		In Australia, the Baptist Union is very close to the Campbell-Stone Church of Christ.
		On 11th April 1611, Baptist Edward Wightman became the last religious martyr to be burnt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baptists (5882 words)

	June 1998 - Library of Congress Information Bulletin
		One was to issue a "condemnation of the alliance between church and state." This he accomplished in the first, printed, part of the draft.
		The unedited draft of the Danbury Baptist letter makes it clear why Jefferson drafted it: He wanted his political partisans to know that he opposed proclaiming fasts and thanksgivings, not because he was irreligious, but because he refused to continue a British practice that was an offense to republicanism.
		Jefferson has been seen at church, and has assisted in singing the hundredth psalm." In presenting Jefferson to the nation as a churchgoer, this publicity offset whatever negative impressions might be created by his refusal to proclaim thanksgiving and fasts and prevented the erosion of his political base in God-fearing areas like New England.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/9806/danbury.html (2415 words)

	SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1534, King Henry VIII separated from the Catholic church ("the Church of Rome") and established Protestantism as the official state religion—the Church of England.
		The separation of church and state allowed the founding fathers to avoid the debate on which of the many diverse—and often contradictory—religious beliefs then practiced in the thirteen colonies should be the official state religion.
		If the various indicators of separation of church and state in the main body of the Constitution—discussed in the previous chapter—were not enough, the freedom from state-imposed religion and the freedom of religious practice were both guaranteed by the First Amendment.
	www.mlode.com /~ra/ra7/separationofchurchandstate.htm (5877 words)

	Anabaptists: Mennnonite History
		A portion of southeastern Europe was under control of the Greek Catholic Church and of the Turks.
		Of the Protestant countries the Lutherans had control of a number of states in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, the Reformed were in control of Switzerland and Holland, the Presbyterians in Scotland, and the Episcopalians in England.
		Among the churches that have grown out of the Anabaptist movement are the Mennonites, Hutterites, Baptists, Quakers and Dunkards.
	www.anabaptists.org /history/mennohist.html (1017 words)

	Thomas Jefferson on church and state
		Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and a primary architect of the American tradition of separation of church and state.
		I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling in religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.
		Every religious society has a right to determine for itself the times for these exercises and the objects proper for them according to their own particular tenets; and this right can never be safer than in their own hands where the Constitution has deposited it...
	members.tripod.com /~candst/tnppage/qjeffson.htm (1167 words)

	Separation of Church and State: The Constitutional Principle
		Thomas Jefferson actually said that the wall of separation between church and state was "one directional."
		Jefferson's Danbury letter was written merely to assure Connecticut Baptists that the Constitution did not permit the establishment of a national denomination.
		Please do not use email as a forum to offer opinions of church state in general, politics, government, etc. There are a great many forums on the net for this purpose.
	members.tripod.com /~candst/toc.htm (2567 words)

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