"That whatsoever person or persons within this Province and the Islands thereunto helonging shall from henceforth blaspheme God, that is Curse him, or deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to be the sonne of God, or shall deny the holy Trinity the
father sonne and holy Ghost, or the Godhead of any of the said Three persons of the Trinity or the Unity of the Godhead, or
shall use or utter any reproachfull Speeches, words or language concerning the said Holy Trinity, or any of the said three
persons thereof, shalbe punished with death and confiscation or forfeiture of all his or her lands and goods to the Lord
Proprietary and his heires."
The Maryland Toleration Act, 1649
The Maryland Toleration Act was a doctrine that protected religious liberty. According to the document, what could happened to
anyone who persecuted a Christian believer or slandered the Christian faith?
A)
hanging or crucifixion
B)
time in the stocks and fine
death and confiscation of land
D)
imprisonment and public flogging