「政教分離」という表現は、米独立宣言起草者の一人であるトーマス・ジェファーソンの造語「教会と国家の間の分離の壁」(a wall of separation between Church and State)に由来する。 Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of governmen…