Attendance at state church services on Sunday mornings and evenings and Holydays was enforced by a fine of 12d.
The Independents and Presbyterians accepted the idea of a state church.
They were about one tenth of the population and did not believe in a state church.
No one has ever yet counted the men who stand aloof from the State Church as Old Believers.
A State Church, they say, is Antichrist; a devil's kingdom, set up by Satan himself in the form of Nikon the Monk.
That there shall be perfect religious freedom, not, however, covering immoral practices; that there shall be no established or state church; that no religious test shall be required for the performance of any public function.
Is there any "established" or state church in the United States?
Can you see how it came about that we have no state church, that we enjoy religious freedom?
First, there was no State Church; and, therefore, whatever line he took, he could not be accused of causing a schism.
For of all the evils under Heaven, the greatest, said Peter, was that contradiction in terms--a State Church.
The status pupillaris was mentioned, and it was understood that he had implied that England was now old enough to go on in matters of religion without a tutor in the shape of a State Church.
The idea of a State Church," said Phineas, "is opposed to my theory of political progress.
To counteract any evil influence that may arise from the worship of these things, Dogvane, order my State Church to purify the idols before they leave our shores.
In time the Buccaneer's State Church became so extremely rich that envious eyes were cast in her direction.
Might there not be a Toleration with an Established or State Church?
He too doubted the lawfulness of a State Church of any kind, but was earnest that, if such must be established, it should not be coercive.
Could belief be collective, and made to continue so, there would be some pretext for the advocacy of a state church.
Observing the evils of a state church, as they had existed in Europe and in the American colonies, our forefathers wisely incorporated into the federal Constitution strong provisions intended to save our land from religious tyranny.
It could not be like a State Church, whether Romanist or other, to which people belonged without any individual profession of faith.
The Anabaptists would have nothing to do with a State Church; and this was the main point in their separation from the Lutherans, Zwinglians, and Calvinists.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "state church" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
