On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31.01.2008 - 288 Seiten 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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... kingdom when he returned to earth . But God would abandon the society that permitted impiety and injustice to flourish in its bounds , which is why enforcing religious uniformity was so paramount a social goal among the Puritans ...
... kingdoms ' peace who cry out for prison and swords against such who cross their judg- ment or practice in religion . " Furthermore , persecution cannot work to cre- ate the converts it desires because faith is a matter of intellect ...
... kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field . But while men slept , his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat , and went his way . But when the blade was sprung up , and brought forth fruit , then ...
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