On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31/01/2008 - 288 من الصفحات 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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... scripture , and governed themselves locally without the hierarchy and trappings of higher offices ( like bishops ) . To the minds of separatist Pu- ritans , the Church of England was hopelessly entangled in INTRODUCTION 7.
... Scriptures and Reasons , " as a preface to The Bloody Tenent of Per- secution . Cotton's response to the text serves as the pretense for The Bloody Tenent , but because Wil- liams was not the author , “ Scriptures and Reasons " is not ...
... Scriptures , the commands and declarations of the Son of God " and the lessons learned from " the lamentable experiences of former and present slaughters " in the name of religion in order to refute the core as- sumptions that lay ...
... scripture ; but even the unregenerate possessed rudimentary ability to respect basic moral codes and take up the responsibilities of citizenship . The Puritans dis- agreed over just how optimistic to be about the moral capabilities of ...
... scripture , the dictates of reason and moral law , and the witness of human experi- ence : religious persecution serves neither church nor state , while religious liberty benefits both . Appealing to these varied sources , Williams ...