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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... doctrine of religious liberty is not inherited from Enlightenment rational- ism alone , but is equally indebted to the religious foundations of American culture . Beginnings in Puritan England Roger Williams was born in Smithfield ...
... doctrine prop- agated by Elizabeth's advisors provided a theological latitude that offended Calvinist sensibilities ... doctrinal and liturgical reform were pejoratively labeled " Puritans , " and although Elizabeth managed to keep the ...
... doctrine and liturgical practice , hardly the bold mark of a Puritan in the making . But instead of taking a parish position , Williams ( after lingering at Cambridge for a couple more years ) chose to serve as chaplain at the estate of ...
... doctrines . Indeed , insisted Williams , Calvinist theology and the witness of countless faithful in church history testified to the necessity of a " hedge or wall of separation between the Garden of the church and the wilderness of the ...
... doctrine and a virulent suspicion of anything resembling Roman Catholicism . But in the seventeenth century no theological difference was minor , and the disagree- ments between Presbyterians and Independents caused civil discord for ...
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