What Is Nathaniel Ward's Argument Against Religious Toleration?

When the Puritans sailed over to the New World from England so they could purify The Church, they were threatened by many who argued for religious toleration within the community. Although Nathaniel Ward, who was against toleration, fought tirelessly to save all Puritan beliefs with his written works and legal codes, men like Roger Williams and his arguments in support of religious toleration and separation of civil government and religion surpass any attempt made against him. . Being born to a Puritan minister, it was almost certain Nathaniel Ward would soon follow behind his father’s footsteps even after becoming a practicing lawyer in England. Once he became a clergyman he was soon dismissed from office for not conforming and at a late age during the year of 1934 sailed to the Puritan community in Massachusetts Bay Colony where he became a prevalent member of the church because of his good educated background. It was here where Ward would spend the rest of his life fighting against religious toleration and keeping the Puritan religion pure against all the stacking odds against the church in the years to follow. As a Puritan, Nathaniel Ward was a believer in theocracy. God is the one and sole ruler of the land and those who don’t comply with the teachings and the 10 commandments that he has blessed the Puritans with might as …show more content…
His religious beliefs soon took a drastic change as he co-created The 1st Baptist Church and became a Baptist that believed that the Religious Intolerance and the lack of separation of church and state going on around the Puritan community actually violated God’s right of Liberty of Conscience and Christianity ideals. Although later banished from the colony, Williams went on to be the founder of the colony of Rhode Island where they practiced religious freedom away from the