Regarding the Sun Spotter who has fabric to donate (Jan. 30 Sun Spots, Wayside Bible Baptist Church in Livermore on Route 4 makes tote bags as part of the shoeboxes we fill each Christmas for ...

A Bible verse will be removed from the entrance of a new jail in central Michigan after critics said it was a government endorsement of religion.

Why do presidents place a hand on the Bible? The answer is simple: tradition. That’s what the first President of the United States, George Washington, did in 1789, according to the White House ...

The Bible was originally written in the ancient languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek – and the first English translation wasn't until the 14th century, according to Professor Schrader Polczer.

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office in January. Is that a requirement?

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Bible as he took the oath of office ... but the 47th president of the United States didn't place his hand on either as he raised his right ...

when he borrowed a Bible from a Masonic Lodge to take his oath as the first president of the United States. The association doesn’t mention why Washington thought to include it, but most ...

During his oath, Trump did not place his hand atop the Bible, a moment that quickly took over on social media as people watching at home took notice. "Why isn’t Trump’s hand on the Bible??" ...

Calvin Coolidge, in his 1929 autobiography, also claims he didn’t use his family Bible when he was sworn in at his family’s Vermont home in the wake of Warren G. Harding’s death.

Some social media users wondered if Trump not taking the oath on a religious text meant he wasn’t properly sworn in. “No hand on the Bible. Does that mean he is not president?” Adam ...

It’s traditional to use a Bible during the presidential oath of office, but it is not required. Only the oath is mandated by the Constitution. Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use a Bible when he was ...