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CONSTITUTION
DELAWARE
1776
Delaware
was one of the 11 original states to adopt a constitution
in 1776. This Constitution required a religious oath
of all elected to office. Although religious oaths were
somewhat common at that time, the main difference between
this oath and those of other states is that Delaware
required a belief in the trinity. Delaware is unique
in this regard. This religious test was abolished in
the Constitution of 1792.
RJ&L
Religious Institutions Group
"I,
A B, do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ
His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for
ever more before ever more; and I do acknowledge the holy
scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be given by
divine inspiration."
There
shall be no establishment of any one religious sect in this
State in preference to another; and no clergyman or preacher
of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of
holding any civil office in this State, or of being a member
of either of the branches of the legislature, while they
continue in the exercise of the pastoral function.
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