Separation Of Church And State In The 18th Century

From the 4th century to the late 18th century, many important aspects of Church-State relations took place. The Separation of Church and State covers the important details while striving to be unbiased. With facts over opinions, The Separation of Church and State is a testament to enlightenment thinking. Chronologically many time periods are examined, in the beginning of the 4th Century with the Roman Empire, the rise of the Catholic Church takes form, in the 15th century an opposition to the Catholic Church became popular, and into the 17th-18th Century one man’s work is soon followed by another in proceedings that determined the rights of all Americans and removed the state level church affairs.
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To avoid this mess and to truly observe real change, The Separation of Church, pans over to the new colonies in North America. Prior to the independence of the American colonies, the colonies were a new world for many different beliefs to reside. During the 16th century and later, the colonies were mainly separated between the Puritans and Anglicans; the Puritans believed in freedom of belief, and the Anglicans believed in the Church of England’s beliefs. From a geographic standpoint, in the north was where the Puritans resided (Massachusetts for example), and in the south was where the Anglicans resided (Virginia). These colonies had many contested changes. Notably, in Virginia, the local power insisted on only allowing ordained priests from the Anglican sect to legally be allowed to preach. The restriction was a failed attempt because Baptist priests were miraculously sneaking into Virginia. Over in Massachusetts, freedom of religion was allowed, but, unfair taxes were subduing those of other faiths. Furthermore, the problem lay in where those taxes were being spent, non-Anglican tax dollars were spent on Anglican colleges. And, the only people who were allowed in such schools were of the Anglican faith. When change is necessary a man will preach, Isaac Buckus, spent his entire life preaching against the governing rules that domestically abused Americans. After many failures, he finally had his chance to speak in front of the legislature of Massachusetts, in short, he argued how the governing body complained about being taxed by the British parliament while the society was annually taxed depending on their faith. While Buckus wasn’t able to achieve everything that was needed, Buckus’s work led to (Ch. 3, 18th-Century Discontent), “No subordination of any one sect or denomination shall ever be established by law” (p. 59), which passed through the Massachusetts’s courts. By