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CHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ.
     2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common law of Pennsylvania; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 394; 5 Binn. R.555; of New York, 8 Johns. R. 291; of Connecticut, 2 Swift's System, 321; of Massachusetts, Dane's Ab. vol. 7, c. 219, a. 2, 19. To write or speak contemptuously and maliciously against it, is an indictable offence. Vide Cooper on the Law of Libel, 59 and 114, et seq.; and generally, 1 Russ. on Cr. 217; 1 Hawk, c. 5; 1 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; 1 Barn. & Cress. 26. S. C. 8 Eng. Com. Law R. 14; Barnard. 162; Fitzgib. 66; Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 524; 2 Str. 834; 3 Barn. & Ald. 161; S. C. 5 Eng. Com. Law R. 249 Jeff. Rep. Appx. See 1 Cro. Jac. 421 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; Cooke on Def. 74; 2 How. S. C. 11 ep. 127, 197 to 201.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Orthodoxy," it need hardly be stated, refers to the teachings of traditional Chistianity "summarized in the Apostles' Creed.
Orthodoxy: A Centenary Edition by Callam, Daniel / Catholic Insight
I feel ashamed on behalf of Chistianity that has kept such abominable records in its official Scriptures and preaches that this book, in its entirety, is the Word of God
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Chief Justice David Brewer, an advocate of ``separation'' speaking about the Constitution, said, ``While (separation) is often affirmed, there is nowhere a repudiation of Chistianity (in) society,'' meaning we do not have to keep Christianity out of public lives.
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