On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31 jan. 2008 - 288 sidor 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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... Roman Catholic , responded weakly to the growing threat of Catholic France , and favored the anti - Calvinist forces in the English Church . In 1633 Charles would elevate one of these en- thusiastic enemies of the Calvinists , William ...
... Roman " ( that is , Roman Catholic ) vestiges in the official church's liturgy , theology , and ecclesiastical practices . But while they shared a common dis- satisfaction with the official church , their responses to the abuses they ob ...
... Roman polity , el- evated the importance of the Book of Prayer over that of the Bible , and evinced a lax sense of internal discipline . In order to protect the purity of the church , therefore , separatist Puritans believed that they ...
... Roman Catholicism . But in the seventeenth century no theological difference was minor , and the disagree- ments between Presbyterians and Independents caused civil discord for the next two decades . Presbyterians were committed to a ...
... Romans 13 referred to secular authorities as the min- isters of God , commissioned to punish impiety and immorality . More to the point , ancient Israel provided a biblical template for how religion and secular government should coexist ...
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On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams Roger Williams Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2008 |
On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams Roger DAVIS,Roger Williams Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2009 |