William Blake was born in an era where the Church had a lot of influence over the state; his perspective towards the Church was considered a drastic movement during his time. For people to understand Blake’s work, the individual needs to be inform of his religious beliefs and ideals. “As a child his family and he attended the Moravian Church” (The Literature Network). “The Moravian Church was part of the Eastern Orthodox Church which is second largest single Christian communion in the world after the Roman Catholic Church.” (Wikipedia) The Bible was an early and profound influence on Blake, and would remain a source of inspiration throughout his life and influence his works. “He consider himself a monistic Gnostic which meant that he believed what saved a person's soul was not faith but knowledge”(Analyzing William Blake’s Poetry). This ideal of faith made Blake see the founding of a conventional church as a mechanism of authoritarism; giving the Church the right to......
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