04-01-2016, 03:57 PM
(04-01-2016, 03:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: There are a number of theories to the term Seperation of Church and State and folks will gravitate to the one that suits them most. I have read the term came from the fact that in early days Government meeting were held in churches, because they were places big enough to hold the meetings. A seperation of church and state was used to distinguish that although we are in church we are talking about the state.
I was speaking more towards the concept of SOCAS in contemporary usage and less about the actual phrase. I know the phrase's use in reference to our laws is most commonly credited to Jefferson, but I have no doubt the phrase in reference to any number of things existed before that.
