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The course focuses on Gaul and Italy in the period from the rise of the Christian Church and the formal division of the Roman Empire into East and West to the effective end of Roman power in the West with the Byzantine conquest of Italy and subsequent political turmoil . Founded in 1869 , the college emphasizes intellectual freedom in the search for knowledge ; responsiveness to the needs of society and the world ; and preparation of students for service and leadership in church and society . The program has had more than 1200 participants from 47 churches and one synagogue . In fact , of all the various categories of churched and unchurched people that our study identified , only the fundamentalists reported that they attend church more frequently than their parents did . Early national leaders understood that separation of church and state would be good for all faiths including Christianity . Middle Ages , and in later times too , Churches and ecclesial Communities came to be separated from the Apostolic See of Rome . The ACLU called on the House to support those protections in the upcoming conference negotiations.The ACLU also decried provisions in the bill that would expand the indefinite detention of non-citizens ordered deported to countries that will not accept them and that penalize as " smuggling " some humanitarian assistance provided to refugees by churches and other charitable organizations . She has received hundreds of awards and commendations from community groups , civic associations , churches and schools throughout Philadelphia . The leader acknowledged , however , that the U.N. plan envisages autonomy for the dwindling Serb community in Kosovo and measures to protect their property and heritage , notably the ancient Serb churches and monasteries in the troubled province . These men have not only been censured , but sometimes they have been punished as wrong - doers ; and yet , ultimately , it was proved that they were in the right , and that the Church and the law were in the wrong . From government-sponsored prayer to public funding of religious schools , he has consistently shown he has little use for the First Amendment 's separation of church and state .