Contrasting Views

Contrasting views

roger williams

john winthrop

"But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate has no power to enforce religious demands. The laws of the First Table of the Ten Commandments are not regulationsfor a civil society or a politocal order. They belong to the realm of religion, not politics"

" For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in the work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world."

Advocated for religious freedom & tolerance; seperation of church & state

Believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible

Sought to create a society based on puritan principles.

Believed that Christianity was not the only religion of God

Strong advocate for a hierarchial society with defined social order. The goverment should be led by the elite

Believed in converting the Indians to Christianity & supported taking their land

Believed in individual liberty & democratic principles.

Believed in fait treatment of the Indians & peaceful coexistence