dichotomy between religious freedom and a religious government is conspicuous in the history of the Massachusetts Bay Puritans too. They banished Roger Williams—who would go on to establish the Rhode Island colony, which actually practiced tolerance—and Anne Hutchinson, among many others, for theological disagreements. Hutchinson was banished for believing in salvation through grace when orthodox doctrine claimed salvation through works. Such disagreements can be fatal under a religious regime. The Puritans executed Mary Dyer, William Robinson, Marmaduke Stephenson, and William Leddra on
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