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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... particular , Williams objected to the habit of some Plymouth resi- dents of worshipping in Anglican parishes on their return to London , in violation of their professed Puritan scruples . ) More likely , however , the " strange opinions ...
... Christian communities . Presbyterians thought Independents lacked a mechanism for collective discipline and thus a means for ensur- ing the orthodoxy of particular congregations . Independents considered Presbyterianism INTRODUCTION 15.
... particular congregations . Independents considered Presbyterianism simply a variation of the " papist " hierarchy already at work in the Church of England . In particular , many Independents could see little difference between the ...
... from the state . This pithy analysis fails from both sides , but it does particular damage to an accurate reading of Williams , for Williams's defense of religious liberty and the separation of church and state INTRODUCTION 21 27.
... particular to adherents to the Chris- tian faith : " Hence it is that so many glorious and flourishing cities of the world maintain their civil peace , yea the very Americans and wildest pagans keep the peace of their towns and cities ...
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