Perpareing for the Highbrow analysis of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Act for Religious Freedom

We shall begin our consideration of the law in a week or so. To get the most out of that analysis, please review the following Highbrow posts:

Moral Philosophy in Context

The Declaration of Independence

Philosophical Remarks on the Declaration of Independence: Sections 1 & 2

Philosophical Remarks on the Declaration of Independence: Sections 3, 4 & 5

Declaration of Independence, the deleted passage

American Political Philosophy - The Basics (a variety of related discussions)

Questions to consider:

What are the relationship among St. Thomas Aquinas's concepts (or are they simply accurate descriptions?) of Revealed Theology and Natural Theology and Natural Law?

What  are the political and legal ramifications of considering human beings to be "God's Property" (via John Locke, by way of an exemplar of argumentation along these lines)?

What constitutes a "False Religion" in the Virginia Act of Religious Freedom, according to Jefferson?  

Do "False Religions" under Jefferson's definitions have any claim to protections, exceptions, emoluments, privileges or even a place in American society, law, and culture?

Until we return to this topic, Highbrow posts will continue as usual, exploring the frontiers of ephemera, aesthetic discriminations, and the activity of dispelling Philosophical Credulousness through the clarification of grammar.

Aristotle studying in his youth