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| − | '''Religious Freedom''', sometimes called "The First Freedom" is | + | '''Religious Freedom''', sometimes called "The First Freedom" is one of the fundamental [[Human Rights]] which governments everywhere are absolutely duty-bound to protect. "Americans are fond of referring to religious freedom as “the first freedom,” and for support of this view like to point to the fact that “the free exercise” of religion is the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment to the US Constitution, and so has a “firstness” twice over."<ref>https://religiousfreedominstitute.org/2016-6-14-religious-freedom-as-the-first-freedom/</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:20, June 25, 2024
Religious Freedom, sometimes called "The First Freedom" is one of the fundamental Human Rights which governments everywhere are absolutely duty-bound to protect. "Americans are fond of referring to religious freedom as “the first freedom,” and for support of this view like to point to the fact that “the free exercise” of religion is the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment to the US Constitution, and so has a “firstness” twice over."[1]
Catholic Church on Religious Freedom in Dignitatis Humanae
At the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church reasoned and reflected: "2. This Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom ... The council further declares that the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person as this dignity is known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself.(2) This right of the human person to religious freedom is to be recognized in the constitutional law whereby society is governed and thus it is to become a civil right ... It is in accordance with their dignity as persons-that is, beings endowed with reason and free will and therefore privileged to bear personal responsibility-that all men should be at once impelled by nature and also bound by a moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth. They are also bound to adhere to the truth, once it is known, and to order their whole lives in accord with the demands of truth."[2]
