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Christian feast day: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (United States))

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Roger Williams

English Baptist minister, theologian, author, and founder of Rhode Island

Roger Williams was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and founder of the Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious liberty,…
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Anne Hutchinson

English-born religious figure (1591–1643)

Anne Hutchinson was an English-born religious figure who was an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious formal declarations were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in…
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Episcopal Church (United States)

Protestant Anglican denomination

The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The…
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