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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... society's attempting to coerce religious com- pliance from its citizens . His insistence on absolute purity in worship sensi- tized Williams to the importance of protecting religious practice as a neces- sary expression of genuine ...
... as a model for the reform of English church and society , not as a symbol of their rejection of the mother church . Challenging the official church invited political retribu- tion on the colony , revocation of its charter , 8 INTRODUCTION.
... society.7 Williams's good relationship with the local tribes would enable him later to serve as an effective mediator between the Native Americans and the Eng- lish , and the leadership of Massachusetts would appeal to him for such ser ...
... society , but Wil- liams almost immediately objected to this requirement of citizenship on theological grounds . Since an oath was a promise declared in the name of God , Williams believed it was essentially a prayer , an act of worship ...
... society was no the- ocracy ; civil law was not simply torn from the pages of the Old Testament nor were clergy permitted to serve in political office . " Nonetheless , although ministers could not directly rule in political matters ...
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