It is not surprising that into the Notes he wrote anew his views on the relation of religion to the State, reiterating the opinions long expressed and formulated into a series of reforms in the legislature. His hostility to the combination of Church and State did not mean a prejudice against either Catholicism or Protestantism. Indeed, his fight in Virginia was to brake the strangle-hold of the Church of England on the liberties of the conscience. In the Notes he painted a picture of the situation in Virginia which drove him into the battle for religious liberty and toleration. He painted the picture in heavy colors . . . .
from page 300, The Young Jefferson
from page 300, The Young Jefferson