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title: 'Natural Morals and the Ten Commandments'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Sylvester Fithian Scovel'
date: 1874-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Decalogue (Ten Commandments)'
- 'Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Matthew 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/scovel-1874-natural-morals-and-the-ten-commandments
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# Natural Morals and the Ten Commandments

1874 convention report urging a Religious Amendment. Rev. S.F. Scovel defends grounding laws in Christian morality and the Ten Commandments against 'natural' morality.

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