Roger Williams

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution by Roger Williams

January 21, 2019 Sacred Liberty

Roger Williams 1644 The full title was The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for the Cause of Conscience, Discussed in a Conference Between Truth and Peace. (London, 1644). It includes his response to a letter from Puritan leader John Cotton, Williams wrote: “When they [the Church] have opened a gap in the hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, God hath ever broke down the wall itself, removed the Candlestick, etc., and…

Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663

May 31, 2017 Religious Freedom Archive

Rhode Island July 15, 1663 Under the leadership of Roger Williams, Rhode Island moved toward religious freedom before the other colonies. CHARLES THE SECOND, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to all to whome these presents shall come, greeting: Whereas wee have been informed, by the humble petition of our trustie and well beloved subject, John Clarke, on the behalf of Benjamine Arnold, William Brenton, William Codington, Nicholas Easton,…