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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... preach- ing and hearing of the Word , disciplined themselves according to a close reading of scripture , and governed themselves locally without the hierarchy and trappings of higher offices ( like bishops ) . To the minds of separatist ...
... preached his theology there . Wil- liams felt compelled to respond , but Fox left the colony before Williams could challenge him to a public debate . Williams was left to argue with his surrogates , John Burnyeat , John Stubbs , and ...
... preaching and pamphleteering , the Baptists ( and other evangelical denomi- nations ) were as active a force in the ... preachers . They were influential enough to have the ear of presidents , including Thomas Jefferson , who wrote to ...
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