Sometimes books are fatal to their authors - as in the cases of William of Ockham and Abelard - and sometimes to their printers - as with the printers of the Sacred Bible, with Interpretations and Annotations.
A brave group of seventeen men petitioned the Anglican Virginia government to establish a new Presbyterian church, paving the road for religious liberty in America.
Davies was an 18th century pastor and Princeton University President whose writings on religious liberty influenced Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.