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Papist
power of the Pope, as contradistinguished from English Protestants who in Statutes, Canons, and the 36th Article of Religion maintain the supreme ecclesiastical power of the sovereign. From the date of the Reformation Papists, either under that
Chancellor of a Diocese, or of a Bishop
of Law, and 'reasonably well practised in the course thereof, as likewise well affected, and zealous bent to religion, touching whose life and manners no evil example is had.' By the same canon, he must take the
missionary work
performed for a religious organization to spread the faith (religion) and advance the principles and doctrines of the religion. Such work may include religious instruction, help for the elderly and needy and proselytizing. Source: Department of State.
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Bill of Rights
sets forth that King James, by the assistance of evil counsellors, endeavoured 'to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom,' by exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of
free exercise clause
the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from making any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion see also freedom of religion compare establishment clause
separation of church and state
separation of church and state :the separation of religion and government mandated under the establishment clause and the free exercise clause of the U.S. Constitution that forbids
Secularism
Secularism, as narrowly understood to mean neutrality of the State towards all religions and bereft of positive approach towards all religions, Aruna Roy v. Union of India, (2002) 7 SCC 368.
Hindu religious institutions
Hindu religious institutions, the Constitution of India guarantees freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion, however the Hindu religious institutions of a public character are open to all classes and sections of Hindus;
Civil Law
and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king, enacted many
Clarendon, constitutions of, assize of
and who are identifiable by some common attributes such as status, rank, occupation, residence in a locality, race, religion and the like. In determining whether a particular s. forms a class, caste cannot be excluded altogether. But
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