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Some say no. Some say yes. What do you say?
Very revealing History about the 'religious' staunch of early America. Times have sure changed.
1610 Virginia Law Declared:
:”That no man speak impiously against the holy and blessed trinity or any of the Three Persons…upon pain of death. That no man blasphemes God’s Holy Name upon the pain of death….”
Colonial Origins pgs 315- 316 Articles, Laws and Orders, Divine, Politic and Martial for the Colony of Virginia (1610-1611).
In 1641 Massachusettes legal code also incorporated the commandments into its statutes. Significantly, the very first law in that State Code was based on the very first commandment declaring:
“If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Deut. 13:6, 10; Deut. 17: 2, 6, Exodus 22:20.”
Select Charters, p 87,
“Massachusettes Body of Liberties”(1641)
Connecticut Law Code made the first commandment “HAVE NO OTHER GOD” its first civil law declaring:
“If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Deut. 13:6, 10; Deut. 17: 2, 6, Exodus 22:20.”
Colonial Origins
Page 230, Capital Laws of Connecticut (1642)
In 1638, the Rhode Island government adopted
“all those perfect and most absolute laws of His (God’s)
Given us in His Holy Word of truth to be guided and judged thereby.”
In 1672, revised its laws and reaffirmed its civil adherence to the Laws established in the Scriptures declaring,
“The serious consideration of the necessity of establishment of wholesome laws for the regulating of each body politic hath inclined us mainly in obedience unto the great, Jehovah the Great Lawgiver”, Who hath been pleased to set down a divine platform not only of the moral but also of judicial laws suitable for the people of Israel, as laws and constitution suiting our state.”
1680 New Hampshire Idolatry Law that declared:
“Idolatry: It is enacted by ye Assembly and ye authority thereof, yet if any person having had the knowledge of the true God openly and manifestly have and worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Exodus 22:20, Deut. 13: 6 and 10”
Colonial Origins, pg. 6
“General Laws and Liberties of New Hampshire”(1680).
Select Charters, pg. 87,
“Massachusettes Body of Liberties”(1641)
A 1639 Body of Law of Connecticut similarly declared:
“If any person shall blaspheme the name of God the Father, son or Holy Ghost, with direct express, presumptious, or high-handed blasphemy, or shall curse in like manner, he shall be put to death.” Lev. 24: 15, 16.
The Code of 1650, pp. 28- 29.
Those same legal codes delineated their capital laws in a separate section, and following each capital law was given the Bible verse on which that law was based.
Even the Supreme Court of Indiana declared in 1974”
“Virtually all criminal laws are in one way or another the progeny of Judeo-Christian ethics. We have no intention to overrule the ten commandments.”
Very revealing History about the 'religious' staunch of early America. Times have sure changed.
1610 Virginia Law Declared:
:”That no man speak impiously against the holy and blessed trinity or any of the Three Persons…upon pain of death. That no man blasphemes God’s Holy Name upon the pain of death….”
Colonial Origins pgs 315- 316 Articles, Laws and Orders, Divine, Politic and Martial for the Colony of Virginia (1610-1611).
In 1641 Massachusettes legal code also incorporated the commandments into its statutes. Significantly, the very first law in that State Code was based on the very first commandment declaring:
“If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Deut. 13:6, 10; Deut. 17: 2, 6, Exodus 22:20.”
Select Charters, p 87,
“Massachusettes Body of Liberties”(1641)
Connecticut Law Code made the first commandment “HAVE NO OTHER GOD” its first civil law declaring:
“If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Deut. 13:6, 10; Deut. 17: 2, 6, Exodus 22:20.”
Colonial Origins
Page 230, Capital Laws of Connecticut (1642)
In 1638, the Rhode Island government adopted
“all those perfect and most absolute laws of His (God’s)
Given us in His Holy Word of truth to be guided and judged thereby.”
In 1672, revised its laws and reaffirmed its civil adherence to the Laws established in the Scriptures declaring,
“The serious consideration of the necessity of establishment of wholesome laws for the regulating of each body politic hath inclined us mainly in obedience unto the great, Jehovah the Great Lawgiver”, Who hath been pleased to set down a divine platform not only of the moral but also of judicial laws suitable for the people of Israel, as laws and constitution suiting our state.”
1680 New Hampshire Idolatry Law that declared:
“Idolatry: It is enacted by ye Assembly and ye authority thereof, yet if any person having had the knowledge of the true God openly and manifestly have and worship any other god but the Lord God, he shall be put to death. Exodus 22:20, Deut. 13: 6 and 10”
Colonial Origins, pg. 6
“General Laws and Liberties of New Hampshire”(1680).
Select Charters, pg. 87,
“Massachusettes Body of Liberties”(1641)
A 1639 Body of Law of Connecticut similarly declared:
“If any person shall blaspheme the name of God the Father, son or Holy Ghost, with direct express, presumptious, or high-handed blasphemy, or shall curse in like manner, he shall be put to death.” Lev. 24: 15, 16.
The Code of 1650, pp. 28- 29.
Those same legal codes delineated their capital laws in a separate section, and following each capital law was given the Bible verse on which that law was based.
Even the Supreme Court of Indiana declared in 1974”
“Virtually all criminal laws are in one way or another the progeny of Judeo-Christian ethics. We have no intention to overrule the ten commandments.”
