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"Separation of church and state" is a metaphor paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in discussions of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
[2] Although the concept is older, the exact phrase "separation of church and state" is derived from "wall of separation between Church & State," a term coined by Thomas Jefferson in his 1802 letter to members of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut. [3]
Jefferson sought what he called a "wall of separation between Church and State", which he believed was a principle expressed by the First Amendment. Jefferson's phrase has been cited several times by the Supreme Court in its interpretation of the Establishment Clause, including in cases such as Reynolds v. United States (1878), Everson v.
The “wall of separation” description is found in a Jan. 1, 1802, letter from President Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association: “Believing with you that religion is ...
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1935-0. Royal C. Gilkey, "The Problem of Church and State in Terms of the Nonestablishment and Free Exercise of Religion", William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 9, Issue I, 1967, 149-165; Scarberry, Mark S. (April 2009).
The importance of these efforts is demonstrated by the quote in his Memorial in Washington D.C. from the person most identified with “separation of church and state,” Thomas Jefferson: “God ...
Thomas Jefferson wrote that the First Amendment erected a "wall of separation between church and state" likely borrowing the language from Roger Williams, founder of the First Baptist Church in America and the Colony of Rhode Island, who used the phrase in his 1644 book, The Bloody Tenent of Persecution. [25]
Thomas Jefferson first used the phrase in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association. Jefferson emphasized that the First Amendment built “a wall of separation between church and state.”