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March 23/24th, 2008
Santa Cruz, California
Received by FAB
I am here, Roger Williams.
As you read my biography (Liberty of Conscience, Roger Williams
in America by Edwin S. Gaustad), you see parallels with your own
time. Of course, the nature of the tyranny is different, but the
principles are exactly the same.
I had believed that no mortal church could attain true spiritual
eminence without divine intervention. I now know that all along,
this intervention was possible by receiving the Divine Love by the
Holy Spirit. It was transformation of soul in the Divine Love that
started the church to begin with at the Pentecost, and it was the
same process that could have transformed my earthly church as well.
Roger Williams (December 21, 1603–April 1, 1683) was
an English theologian, a notable proponent of religious toleration
and the separation of church and state (because he was worried about
contamination of the church), and an advocate for fair dealings
with Native Americans. In 1644, he received a charter creating the
colony of Rhode Island, named for the principal island in Narragansett
Bay. He is credited for originating either the first or second Baptist
church established in America. (Source: Wikipedia)
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