Roger Williams Quotes:
Ocupation: Theologian
Life: December 21, 1603 - April 18, 1683
Birthday: December 21
Death: April 18
Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
source: Source: www.libertymagazine.org
topic: Religious, Men, Fire, Admonition, Corporal Punishment
