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It's my understanding, by what I've read, that the Anglican Church
allowed people of most any religion to exist in Virginia... as long as
they didn't practice it or try to spread it, and they paid the tithe to
the Anglican Church. Maryland was settled as a Catholic colony, but were
possibly more tolerant of other religions because they had been so
persecuted "back home". That's the brief basics of the situation.
The Puritans were as intolerant of other religions as any religious
group, as were the Quakers, who expelled members for merely having
attended services of another denomination.
The Episcopalians became Episcopalians by withdrawing from the Anglican
Church after the Revolutionary War, when nobody wanted to belong to the
Church of England anymore. The All Hallows Church of the latter 1600s
was probably an Anglican Church in their time, or so I would think, and
may have been more tolerant than the Anglican Church in Virginia.
Hope this helps. At least, I hope it doesn't hurt!
Carolyn Bruce
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Carolyn HALE BRUCE
Virginia Beach, VA
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