On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 2008 M01 31 - 288 pages 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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... Quakers ' theology and practices , they insisted that the Catholic Church was the arm of the Antichrist , and they assumed that Native Ameri- cans worshipped the devil . In fact , Williams's intolerance was too radical even for his ...
... Quakers . Many Quakers had come to Rhode Island during the first several decades of its existence in order to escape persecution at the hands of the Massachusetts authorities , who abhorred them for both their theological be- liefs and ...
... Quakers in Rhode Island testified to the colony's ( and Williams's ) commitment to religious freedom , Williams occasionally indicated that he was willing to consider civil consequences for the public disruption and violation of social ...
... Quakers ' welcome , too . Ultimately , though , Wil- liams assumed that no desire for social stability could justify the regular and systematic violation of conscience , a conviction that distinguished his more guarded willingness to ...
... Quakers and his response to the pacifist citizens of Providence , Williams did not re- gard the balance between religious liberty and social order easy to find , and he did not consider it out of the question to sacrifice personal ...
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