Letter of John Cotton, and Roger Williams’s Reply
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Overview
After being banished from Massachusetts for his separatist views and support for religious toleration, Roger Williams exchanged a series of polemical letters with John Cotton—one of the most distinguished scholars and divines of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the preeminent minister there—who Williams blamed for his banishment and saw as a representative of the non-separated church he opposed. Though Cotton was also technically a nonconformist, he did not wish to separate from the established Anglican Church, but reform it. This volume reprints John Cotton’s first letter to Roger Williams, written soon after his banishment, which was later published as a small pamphlet in London, appearing in 1643. It also contains Williams’ response, in which he examines Cotton’s letter piece by piece, reprinting it almost entirely in his reply, and responding to the charges and claims of each part.
- Title: Letter of John Cotton, and Roger Williams’s Reply
- Author: Reuben Aldridge Guild
- Series: Publications of the Narragansett Club (First Series)
- Volume: I
- Publisher: Narragansett Club
- Print Publication Date: 1866
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Freedom of religion › Early works to 1800
- Resource ID: LLS:LTTRMRJHNCTTN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-13T22:10:57Z