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羅傑威廉斯撰寫許多小冊子，表達他對宗教自由的觀點。
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羅傑‧威廉斯 (Roger Williams)，羅德島州 (Rhode Island)的創始人，1631年2月5日抵達波士頓
在被任命為英國國教會的牧師，威廉斯發現了清教主義，可以做為改變英國國教的一種形式，這是他的第一份神職工作。但很快的，他失望了，他被告知前往麻塞諸塞灣，到殖民地擔任牧師，離開對宗教並不寬容的英王查爾斯一世，他和妻子飄洋過海，前往吸取「美洲經驗」，1631年到達波士頓。起初，威廉斯還想改革英國國教，但旋即想要完全脫離。
Ordained to the ministry in the Church of England, Williams discovered Puritanism, a reform movement that developed within the Church of England, during his first parish duty. He converted. Soon after, he was asked to be minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Leaving behind the religious intolerance under England's King Charles I, he and his wife journeyed across the ocean to join the "American Experiment" in Boston in 1631. At first, Williams just wanted to reform the Church of England; soon, he sought separation completely.
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