 | Society for the liberation of religion from State patronage and control - 1866 - 356 pages
...that of a schema of instruction; the single end which we ought to propose by them is the preservation and communication of religious knowledge. Every other idea and every other end that have been mixed up with this — as the making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the state, converting it... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1869 - 392 pages
...end," says Dr. Paley, " which we ought to propose by religious establishments, is the preservation and communication of religious knowledge. Every other...making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the State, converting it into the means of strengthening or of diffusing influence, — or regarding it... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1870 - 550 pages
...that of "a scheme of instruction," the single end we ought to propose by them is, " the preservation and communication of religious knowledge." Every other...making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the State ; converting it into the means of strengthening or diffusing influence; or regarding it as a... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1870 - 554 pages
...ought to propose by them is, " the preservation and communication of religious knowledge." Every otter idea, and every other end, that have been mixed with...making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the State; converting it into the means of strengthening or diffusing influence; or regarding it as a support... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1870 - 596 pages
...that of "a scheme of instruction," the single end we ought to propose by them is, " the preservation and communication of religious knowledge." Every other idea, and every other end, that have been mired with this, as the making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the State; converting it... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1871 - 564 pages
...is that of a scheme of instruction : the single end we ought to propose by them is the preservation and communication of religious knowledge. Every other idea and every other end which have been mixed up with this, as the making the church the instrument and ally of the state,... | |
 | Theology - 1872 - 416 pages
...but could not find Had Christ only acted the part of foundation of a State Church, and avers that " Every other idea, and every other end, that have been...making of the Church an engine, or even an ally of the State; converting it into the means of strengthening or diffusing influence ; or regarding it as a... | |
 | Thausing - 1872 - 496 pages
...is that of a scheme of instruction ; the single end we ought to propose by them is the preservation and communication of religious knowledge. Every other idea and every other end -which have been mixed up with this, as the making the Chxirch the instrument and ally of the state,... | |
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... diffusing influence ; or regarding it as a support- of regal in opposition to popular forms of government ; have served only to debase the institution, and to introduce into it numerous corruptions and abuses. 
