The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States of America: Christian Self-Government vol. I
Overview
In volume I of The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States of America, discover America’s Christian history and God’s providence in the founding and forming of the world’s first Christian Constitutional Republic and the United States of America’s place on the chain of Christianity moving westward. See history unfold in Verna Hall’s classic compilation of primary source documents. The new Founders Edition features upgraded citation information, valuable documentation required for today’s academic standards.
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- Introduction by Felix Morley
- Bibliographical references and indexes
Top Highlights
“Christianity then appeared with its central doctrine, that man was created in the Divine image, and destined for immortality; pronouncing, that, in the eye of God, all men are equal. This asserted for the individual an independent value. It occasioned the great inference, that man is superior to the State, which ought to be fashioned for his use.” (Page 2)
“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity and universal philanthropy, and, in subordination to these great principles, the love of their country; of instructing them in the art of Self-Government, without which they never can act a wise part in the government of societies, great or small; in short, of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” (Page xiv)
“Under a dictatorship the national purpose is clearly discernible as that of the dominant group or individual. Under a representative government, like that of the United States, national purpose will tend to reflect that of the people as a whole. In recent years this refined conception of government has been subjected to increasingly serious challenge, by no means only from the Communists.” (Page vii)
“conquest with incorporation, but without representation” (Page 12)
“Our Christian history as a nation does not involve doctrinal or sectarian views, and our failure to understand this, largely contributes to the present disregard of Christianity in relation to civil government. Each religion has a form of government, and Christianity astonished the world by establishing Self-Government. With the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, Christian Self-Government became the foundation stone of the United States of America. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. (Psalm 118:22; Matt. 21:42).” (Page iii)
- Title: The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States of America: Christian Self-Government, vol. I
- Author: Verna M. Hall
- Editor: Joseph Allan Montgomery
- Publisher: The Foundation for American Christian Education
- Publication Date: 1960
- Pages: 495