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Cotton Mather FRS (/ ˈ m æ ð ər /; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects.
Sep 2, 2024 · Cotton Mather (born February 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]—died February 13, 1728, Boston) was an American Congregational minister and author, supporter of the old order of the ruling clergy, who became the most celebrated of all New England Puritans.
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Mather preached his first sermon in August of 1680, and went on to be ordained by 1685 at age 22. Besides his involvement with the witch trials in Salem during the 1690s, Cotton Mather is remembered as one of the most influential Puritan ministers of his day.
Jun 4, 2019 · Cotton Mather was a Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts known for his scientific studies and literary works, as wells as for the peripheral role he played in the witchcraft trials at Salem. He was a highly influential figure in early America.
Like Increase Mather's Illustrious Providences (1684), Cotton Mather's Christian Philosopher provides a rational foundation for Christianity, attempting to reconcile Scripture revelation with the New Sciences.
Cotton Mather, a prolific author and well-known preacher, wrote this account in 1693, a year after the trials ended. Mather and his fellow New Englanders believed that God directly intervened in the establishment of the colonies and that the New World was formerly the Devil’s territory.
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Cotton Mather, (born Feb. 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony—died Feb. 13, 1728, Boston), American Puritan leader. The son of Increase Mather, he earned a master’s degree from Harvard College and was ordained a Congregational minister in 1685, after which he assisted his father at Boston’s North Church (1685–1723). He helped ...
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