On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31. jan. 2008 - 288 sider 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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... VIII , in response to the pope's refusal to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon , had torn the Church of England from the Catholic fold . With the Act of Supremacy in 1534 , Henry declared himself " Supreme Head " of INTRODUCTION 3.
... act of worship . To re- quire this act of all residents , then , was to enforce a religious practice that he believed could violate the consciences of both unbelievers ( who may not subscribe to the implicit religious conviction in the ...
... acts , he also considered it appropriate for the state to take action against be- havior considered deviant , and he warned believers to be prepared to be punished for the manifestation of conscientious convictions in actions that ...
... acts that violated social mores , but his commitment to Locke's private - public distinction - as well as his disdain for the " superstitious " varieties of faith that might lead one to be socially deviant — allowed him easily to ...
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