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"I thought you and your people were in bed with the established Church these days?"

There were also opponents to the support of any established church even at the state level.

As in the American constitution, there should be no established church at all.

After reconstruction in 1933, it became a well established church.

Since then there has been no established church in Wales.

That same light revealed the corruption of the established Church.

As a cleric of the established church he had no plans to go further.

In 1633 he resigned from the established church and moved to Holland.

The Pope's recent visit and the survival of the established church?

Many in the white congregations at established churches have died or moved away.

This contact made him study the issue of conformity to the established church.

He had set up an Established Church and made himself the head of it.

He recommended the shape to avoid conflict with the established church.

Bliss appeared to have very good prospects within the established church.

This made it necessary to get the assistance of various established churches in those areas.

In 1895 Judaism was also recognized as the sixth established church.

It's brought about a lot of conversions to the established churches.

His friends desired him to become a clergyman in the established church.

It is not an established church and is independent of state control.

It is also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church.

It is the oldest established church of any denomination in the city.

Many wanted to be away from state established churches.

Therefore, it is certainly more comfortable to remain in the security of stable established church life.

A few years after he had started his own woodworking business an established church burned down in the local area.

The Established Church was never able to stamp them out.

They designed a national government that, for the first time in Western history, had no established religion at all.

Islam was the established religion, and as such its institutions received government support.

"I think we should really temper making genetics the established religion of our country."

Government support for an established religion was associated with the original French "right wing."

He was glad to go, and became the first person in Europe to live successfully beyond the reach of established religion.

Some believe that he was completely opposed to all established religions and especially to Christianity.

Established religions tend to follow one set of rules for everybody."

Though Israel is a democracy with an established religion, it can find positive values in its diversity.

Though she may turn her back on established religion, she has high moral standards.

The paradox is that science seemed to have access to signs and wonders no longer available within established religion.

After their deaths the silence from the established religions was deafening.

Australia is a majority Christian but pluralistic society with no established religion.

"Look," he asked, "what about changing established religion from within?

Under its current setup, the country is less a theocracy than a civil society with an established religion.

There are many cases throughout history of established religions tolerating other practices.

New Zealand has no established religion, although this is not stated formally in its constitution.

Is it intolerant for an established religion to adhere to its beliefs of right and wrong?

Not all majority Muslim states, however, have Islam as their established religion.

One must remember that Voltaire was vehemently opposed to all established religions.

Many states that nowadays are secular in practice may have legal vestiges of an earlier established religion.

The other races of whom humans had knowledge had all established religions early in their history.

Many established religions view prayer as a powerful tool in helping a wide range of physical or mental problems.

"Maybe tax exempt status as an established religion?"

New Zealand has no official or established religion.

He totally lost faith in the established religions.