NM+Pg.+47-48+Anne+Hutchinson+is+Banished

1. The record of the court revelas that the Puritan way of thinking is that people must follow their way of life exactly or be called a heretic. The injustice in these proceedings is that because someone other than a religious leader claims to talk to God, they must be a heretic. The clergymen could not allow this or it would take away from their power.