On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31 בינו׳ 2008 - 288 עמודים Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and social standards, Roger Williams established a haven in Rhode Island for those persecuted in the name of the religious establishment. He conducted a lifelong debate over religious freedom with distinguished figures of the seventeenth century, including Puritan minister John Cotton, Massachusetts governor John Endicott, and the English Parliament. |
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... hold forth & Professe any Errour , or false way , with a boisterous , & arrogant spirit , to the distur- bance of Civill Peace , He may justly be punished according to the quality , & measure of the Disturbance caused by Him . ” 17 ...
... hold deviant beliefs . Read this way , the parable served as a warning to ministers not to pursue excessive ecclesial discipline in separatist zeal for a pure church . More importantly , Cotton thought the parable had absolutely nothing ...
... hold religious opinions that required protection ; no one since the Spanish Inquisition had attempted to persecute dissenters solely on the private subscription to minority con- victions . Religious dissent became susceptible to ...
... hold upon an atheist . " 41 By contrast , Williams's rejection of oaths as a political tool and his Calvinist subscription to natural morality allowed him to imagine that all persons , regardless of re- ligious commitment ( or the lack ...
... hold and practice their beliefs even if we disagree with them . At the same time , Williams assures the believer that respect for religious freedom does not necessarily require a relativistic respect for all accounts of truth as equally ...
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