...1802. He penned a statement in that letter, which in part influenced the First Amendment. He said, "1 contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the...should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church...

...von der »wall of separation between church and state« übernommen hat. In diesem Brief heißt es: »Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he ows aecount to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach...

...penned his classic and oft-quoted response. "I contemplate with solemn reverence," the president wrote, "that act of the whole American people which declared...that their legislature should 'make no law respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation...

...Danbury Baptist Association. 16 Writings of Thomas Jefferson 281 (Andrew A., ed. 1903). Jefferson wrote: Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God... I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their...

...Reynolds Court also cited Jefferson's famous 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists in which he wrote: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; . . . the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions." The Court in...

...proclamations of any kind. He agreed with the Danbury Baptists that religion "lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, [and] that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions." The First Amendment,...

...by it.24 In an 1802 letter to an association of Connecticut Baptists, President Jefferson wrote that [b]elieving with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers...

...federal government from supporting religious organizations in any way.24 The entire sentence reads: Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers...

...are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing. Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers...

...Connecticut, defining the issue as one of conscience not to be interfered with through governmental power: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers...