The Williams, Roger 1604?-1683 creator Underhill, Edward Bean 1813-1901 text utu 2021 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloudy_Tenent_of_Persecution_for_Cause_of_Conscience Release date is 2021-07-01 E-text prepared by Brian Wilson, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Original publication data not identified Church and state -- Early works to 1800 Cotton, John, 1584-1652 Liberty of conscience -- Early works to 1800 Persecution -- Early works to 1800 Baptists -- New England -- Early works to 1800 BV Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65739 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65739 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134522.0 65739