The Enlightenment opened the doors to a revolutionary way religion had played a role in the colonist’s life. These movements focused around the basic ideology that all men are equal. The idea that their personal beliefs and opinions should be tolerated and they should not be persecuted for being of different religions. This ideology paved the way for more diverse communities, increased tolerance, and lessened religions chokehold on political involvement in colonies.
In John Lockes “The Reasonableness of Christianity” he mentions that religion is trying to pave a way to which people are equals. John Locke states “This makes it more than a name; a substantial good, worth all our aims and endeavours; and thus the gospel of Jesus Christ has delivered it to us.” John Locke was a marvelous Enlightenment thinker; his statement is saying that the scriptures in the Bible are more than just something people of one religion …show more content…
Another one of these ideals is the ideal of a republic. This is seen in a letter wrote by John Adams to Mercy Warren. Adams states “Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics. There must be a positive Passion for the public good, the public Interest, Honor, Power and Glory” Here, we see a man from the Great Awakening stressing the importance of the republic and the good ideals that all must contain. The strong sense for a republic form of government came from John Locke who had a work called the “Two Treatises of Government” which was published anonymously due to the controversial views Locke had about the monarchy. Locke had stated that no man should have as much power over people as the monarchy. In the Great Awakening we see that republics are now forming because of Lockes “Two Treatises of Government” and we see the colonist’s rebel against the churches power in
In John Lockes “The Reasonableness of Christianity” he mentions that religion is trying to pave a way to which people are equals. John Locke states “This makes it more than a name; a substantial good, worth all our aims and endeavours; and thus the gospel of Jesus Christ has delivered it to us.” John Locke was a marvelous Enlightenment thinker; his statement is saying that the scriptures in the Bible are more than just something people of one religion …show more content…
Another one of these ideals is the ideal of a republic. This is seen in a letter wrote by John Adams to Mercy Warren. Adams states “Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics. There must be a positive Passion for the public good, the public Interest, Honor, Power and Glory” Here, we see a man from the Great Awakening stressing the importance of the republic and the good ideals that all must contain. The strong sense for a republic form of government came from John Locke who had a work called the “Two Treatises of Government” which was published anonymously due to the controversial views Locke had about the monarchy. Locke had stated that no man should have as much power over people as the monarchy. In the Great Awakening we see that republics are now forming because of Lockes “Two Treatises of Government” and we see the colonist’s rebel against the churches power in