Roger Williams Roger Williams (* April 1603 in London, † March 1683 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA Today) is considered the father of American Standard Baptismus and religious freedom as well as the early proponents of separation of church and state.
Origins
After completing his school education (1626) was devoted to the first Roger Williams, law and theology studies. In 1629 he was named pastor of the Church of England has consecrated and adopted a Kaplanei in Essex. He married late 1630 and immigrated with his wife in America.
The Boston Conflict
He made his living first as an assistant teacher, but then returned as pastor in his original work backwards. From 1633 came into conflict with the Boston Municipal. Williams defended himself against the influence with the authorities of the national state Religious Affairs. At the same time, denied the right of the state, a certain special privileges in the church. Background of this protest was for Williams to acknowledge that "la chiesa non può pretendere per sé la vera chiesa di Cristo ad essere". Il conflitto innescato da Williams ha portato ad una rottura con i suoi colleghi anglicana, Giovanni di cotone, la città in questo momento pastore di Boston e un massiccio sostenitore del matrimonio del trono e l'altare è stato. William è stato presto chiamato "cercatore liberale" e separatisti. E 'stato bandito dal Massachusetts e un breve periodo di tempo più tardi, con un mandato cercato. Williams sfugge la minaccia del carcere e tornare in Inghilterra con un volo per la Narragansett Bay, dove ha fondato una succursale 1636, il punto di partenza di Stato degli Stati Uniti Rhode Islanda. Il suo ufficio ha detto Williams in memoria della Provvidenza di Dio pietoso Providence (pickup Providence) Williams in pursuit problems.
Establishment of the First American Baptist Church and the State of Rhode Island 1639
Williams is a founding member of the first American Baptist Church to find. Faith and religious freedom were among the basic statutes of this community and how they have been for the development of Baptismus. To ensure the independence of his settlement and to ensure freedom of religion, Williams traveled to England in 1643 and settled in its territory through the acquisition of a patent has been completed. On his return he prepared a draft constitution for Rhode Island, for the first time in history, the complete separation of church and state was enshrined. This Constitution was adopted after some initial difficulties. 1654 Williams was elected president of the new government elected. He took care of the internal structure of the country and ensure the inclusion of mainly because of its pacifist spirit persecuted Quakers. A particular concern was the Williams of proselytizing Indians. Again, he respected the beliefs and freedom of conscience. Mission in the biblical sense of Williams was the offer of the Gospel. If this offer has been accepted, it was the freedom of those to whom the offer was addressed. Important basis of Williams' influence has begun its mission Indians have been written in which he translated into the language and culture of the Indians has an introduction. Theologically
Williams was the General Baptist arminianischen close, that in contrast to the special Prädestinationslehre Baptist Calvin rejected all people and erlösungsfähig prisoners. He left his co-founder of the Baptist Church, a few months later and remained until his death in 1684, and a Christian unorganized Seeker, the assumption that the church does not exist to be able to benefit from the church to be true. Williams is expected to enable next Baruch Spinoza is one of the first people in the Western world have, for a life outside of a community religiosa organizzata Denk ed è stato portato.
Per tutti l'impegno di cui la chiesa è stata più Williams antropologo, filosofo e politici stato come un teologo.
Una statua di Roger Williams si trova a Ginevra Riforma Monumento.
Letteratura
Roger Williams: Una chiave nella lingua degli indiani d'America, 1643
Roger Williams: Query di profonda stima, 1644
Roger Williams: esperimenti di vita spirituale e la salute, 1652
Narragansett Club / Perry Miller (ed.): The Complete Scritti di Roger Williams, 7 volumi; Bde 1-6: 1866-1874, Bd. 7: 1963
O.E. Winslow: Master Roger Williams - Una biografia, 1957
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