"An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and civility, and that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh."

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Source: Roger DAVIS, Roger Williams (2009). “On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams”, p.87, Harvard University Press

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Roger Williams

Theologian, Minister

Roger Williams was a 17th-century theologian and founder of Rhode Island, known for his pioneering ideas on religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

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