The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience

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book treatise

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience is a 1644 treatise by Roger Williams that powerfully argues for religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and the separation of church and state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
advocates liberty of conscience for all ⓘ
toleration of diverse religious beliefs ⓘ
associatedWith colonial New England religious debates ⓘ
early Baptist thought ⓘ
author Roger Williams ⓘ
authorBirthPlaceRelation written by a founder of Rhode Island ⓘ
circulation read among English Puritans and dissenters ⓘ
controversialAtTimeOfPublication true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes religious persecution by civil authorities ⓘ
state-enforced religion ⓘ
doctrinalPosition supports full liberty of conscience even for dissenters and heretics ⓘ
field political theology ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre political theology ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bloody Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
historicalContext English Civil War ⓘ
historicalSignificance early defense of religious freedom in the Anglo-American tradition ⓘ
influenced American concepts of religious freedom ⓘ
development of separation of church and state in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy Roger Williams’s experience in New England ⓘ
intendedAudience theologians and political authorities ⓘ
keyConcept civil government limited to civil matters ⓘ
wall of separation between church and state ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject freedom of conscience ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
opposedBy advocates of religious uniformity in England ⓘ
philosophicalTheme individual rights of conscience ⓘ
limits of civil authority in religion ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionOnChurchStateRelations advocates separation of church and state ⓘ
positionOnReligiousPersecution opposes persecution for religious belief ⓘ
publicationYear 1644 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor The Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody ⓘ
religiousPosition argues that civil magistrates have no authority over the soul ⓘ
religiousTradition Baptist ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
theologicalPerspective dissenter from established churches ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Bloody Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy → follows → The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience ⓘ
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