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  1. On the other, Edwards debated the Boston rationalist clergyman Charles Chauncy, who argued true religion was a matter of the mind rather than the heart.

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      Conversion. Revival. Biblical authority. A warm-hearted...

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      While Jonathan Edwards's intellectual agenda dominated...

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  3. Email. It's been 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr., began writing his famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail," a response to white Alabama clergymen who called him an "extremist" and told...

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    Jonathan Edwards was born on October 5, 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut. His father was Reverend Timothy Edwards and his mother, Esther, was the daughter of another Puritan clergyman, Solomon Stoddard. He was sent to Yale College at the age of 13 where he was extremely interested in natural science while there and also read widely including works...

    In 1727, Edwards married Sarah Pierpoint. She was the granddaughter of the influential Puritan minister Thomas Hooker. He was the founder of the Connecticut Colonyfollowing a dissent with the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.Together they had eleven children.

    In 1727, Edwards was given a position as the assistant minister under his grandfather on his mother's side, Solomon Stoddard in Northampton, Massachusetts. When Stoddard passed away in 1729, Edwards took over as the minister in charge of a congregation that included important political leaders and merchants. He was much more conservative than his g...

    Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understandinghad a huge impact on Edward's theology as he tried to grapple with man's free will combined with his own beliefs in predestination. He believed in the need for a personal experience of God. He believed that only after a personal conversion instituted by God could free will be turned away from human needs ...

    As previously stated, Edwards believed in a personal religious experience. From 1734-1735, Edwards preached a number of sermons about justification of faith. This series led to a number of conversions among his congregation. Rumors about his preaching and sermons spread to surrounding areas of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Word spread even as far ...

    Probably Edwards most well-known sermon is called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. He not only delivered this at his home parish but also in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8, 1741. This fiery sermon discusses the pains of hell and the importance of devoting one's life to Christ to avoid this fiery pit. According to Edwards, "There is nothing tha...

    Some members of Edwards church congregation were not happy with Edwards' conservative orthodoxy. As previously stated, he enforced strict rules for his congregation to be considered part of those who could partake in the Lord's Supper. In 1750, Edwards attempted to institute discipline on some of the children of prominent families who were caught l...

    Edwards is seen today as an example of revival preachers and an initiator of the Great Awakening. Many evangelists today still look to his example as a way to preach and create conversions. In addition, many descendants of Edwards went on to be prominent citizens. He was the grandfather of Aaron Burr and an ancestor of Edith Kermit Carow who was Th...

  5. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › Sydney_SmithSydney Smith - Wikiquote

    Jan 21, 2024 · Sydney Smith ( 3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English clergyman, critic, philosopher and wit. Contents. 1 Quotes. 1.1 Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy (1849) 1.2 Lady Holland's Memoir (1855) 2 External links. Quotes. Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.

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    British sailor, slaver, Anglican cleric and prominent slavery abolitionist. John Newton ( / ˈnjuːtən /; 4 August [ O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade.

  7. Jun 17, 2022 · These churches also offered members an opportunity to exercise roles denied to them in society. Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most important and prominent clergyman during the movement. In 1964, he was nominated “Man of the Year” by Time Magazine and a man of the people.

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