Word: civility
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...members of the executive committee of the Civil Service Reform Club met last night in the rooms of the secretary...
...George S. Hale, of Boston, addressed the members of the Divinity School yesterday afternoon upon "The Civil Law and the Ministry." This constitutes the first of a series of lectures to be delivered concerning the legal aspects of the ministry...
...speaker quoted several authorities in the theological world to show the need that a student for the ministry has for a knowledge of the civil or general law. A minister who lacks this knowledge stands in danger of committing mistakes in the performance of the marriage ceremony, and in the pursuance of his duty as a guardian of church property and appropriations...
...virtue of the power to perform the rite of marriage, the clergyman becomes a civil officer, responsible to the state. Ignorance of the laws of divorce often leads the clergyman into unhappy blunders...
...however, the relation of religion to civil authority is precisely opposite. As laymen could pretend to no authority over members of the clergy, so now the church holds no power over the civillaw. The church is, in a sense, "established." It is recognized and protected by the law. The constitution of our country makes no requirement of religious belief to make a person eligible for office. Moreover, it forbids the passage of any laws for the benefit of any sect. All beliefs are tolerated, and the law that offers them its protection is independent of them, just as the church...