The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
Greene, M. Louise (Maria Louise)
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"They denyto the inhabitants the exercise of the religion of the church ofEngland; arbitrarily fining those who refuse to come to theircongregational assemblies. " Law Book of Conn, printed 1670. "It is ordered that when the ministryof the word is established according to the Gospel, throughout thisColony, every person shall duly resort and attend thereuntorespectively upon the Lord's day, upon public fast days and days ofthanksgiving as are generally kept by appointment of authority; andany pe...rson . .. Without necessary cause, withdrawing himself from thepublic ministry of the word, he shall forfeit for his absence fromevery such meeting five shillings. "--_Conn. Col. Rec_. Iii, 294. [h] They reported that the colony would "not hinder any from enjoyingthe sacraments and using the common prayer book, provided that theyhinder not the maintenance of the public minister. "--Hutchinson, _Hist, of Mass. _, p. 412. Dr. Beardsley suggests that influential citizens may have assured themthat the laws would be modified to accommodateEpiscopalians.
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