The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr.…
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"The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr.…" by Roger Williams is a philosophical treatise written in 1644. Structured as a dialogue between Truth and Peace, this controversial work challenges the Massachusetts Bay Colony's religious enforcement, advocating for a "wall of separation" between church and state. Williams argues for liberty of conscience as a God-given right and tolerance of diverse faiths. So inflammatory were his ideas that Parliament
ordered copies burned, yet his arguments would later influence Locke, Jefferson, and the First Amendment itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Underhill, Edward Bean, 1813-1901 |
| Title | The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloudy_Tenent_of_Persecution_for_Cause_of_Conscience |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Brian Wilson, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship |
| Subject | Church and state -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Cotton, John, 1584-1652 |
| Subject | Liberty of conscience -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Persecution -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Baptists -- New England -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65739 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1234 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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