[Ads-l] Origin of the Phrase "Separation of Church and State"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Interesting topic, Fred. Excellent citations.
There is a slightly different version of the expression in "The London
Chronicle". The date of the report from the Hague is January 20, 1798.
The phrase is "The Separation of the Church from the State".

Date: February 6 to 8, 1989
Periodical: The London Chronicle
Article: Foreign Intelligence [From the Court Gazette]
Date on report: January 20, 1798
Location: Hague
Page 135, Column 2
Database: Google Books
https://books.google.com/books?id=P6fib66KAvMC&q=%22church+from+the+state%22#v=snippet

[Begin excerpt - please double check]
Yesterday the Convention decreed the Fundamental Principles of the New
Constitution in the following seven articles:--

1. The Rights of Man.
2. Civic Equality and Liberty.
3. Unity and Indivisibility.
4. Incorporation of the Finances and Debts of the Provinces.
5. The Establishment of an energetic but responsible Executive.
6 .The Rights of the People to alter the Constitution.
7. The Separation of the Church from the State.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 8:21 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> OED does not have an entry for the phrase "separation of church and state," although there is a citation for it in the entry for "separation."  This phrase is commonly traeed to an 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson.
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> Newspapers.com retrieves a 1798 occurrence of "separation of church and state" in the Evening Mail (London), 7 Feb. at page 3.  These words appear in a report of a convention at the Hague.
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> Fred Shapiro
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