American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Carolina Act (1704) for Protection of Government: <And for establishing Religious worship according to the Church of England, gave regulations for the erection of Churches, support of ministers, glebes, parishes, and the choice of ministers, vestries, clerks, sextons, and set up an ecclesiastical court having Episcopal powers to remove ministers. Other Acts passed required French settlers to "conform to the Church of England and use a French translation of the Book of Common Prayer."> 1704CA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1704CA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Carolina...

Maryland Act to Prevent Growth of Popery (September 30, 1704): <That whatsoever Popish Bishop, Priest or Jesuit, shall baptize any child...other than such who have Popish Parents or shall say Mass...shall forfeit...fifty pounds Sterling...and shall also suffer six months imprisonment... And be it further enacted...if any Papist...shall keep school or take upon themselves the education...or boarding of youth...such persons...shall upon conviction be transported out of this Province.> 1704MA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1704MA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Maryland Act to Prevent Growth of Popery,...

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703-March 22, 1758) was an American theologian and minister of the Calvinist Puritan tradition. His preaching began the Great Awakening revival which swept the Colonies. This was responsible in part for uniting the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1757, he became the third president of Princeton University, formerly the College of New Jersey. His most notable works include Religious Affections, 1746, and The Freedom of the Will, 1754. In 1727, he married Sarah Pierrepont. Jonathan Edwards married Sarah Pierrepont, and according to A Study in Education and Heredity by A.E. Winship (1900), their descendants included...

John Wesley (June 17, 1703-March 2, 1791) was an evangelist and religious leader who founded the Methodist denomination. While students at Oxford University, he and his brother Charles formed a scholarly Christian group called, the "Holy Club." The Wesleys were close friends with George Whitefield, the renowned preacher of the American Great Awakening. In 1738, the Wesleys set sail from England to Georgia to serve as missionaries. During the tumultuous voyage at sea, they observed the faith of the Moravian Christians. There was awakened within them a desire for a more intimate relationship with God, eventually leading them to faith in...

Delaware Charter (October 28, 1701) granted by William Penn: <ARTICLE 1. Because no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of their Consciences, as to their Religious Profession and Worship: And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all Divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare, That no Person or Persons, inhabiting In this Province or Territories, who...