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John Eliot (c. 1604 – 21 May 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians who some called "the apostle to the Indians" [1] [2] [3] and the founder of Roxbury Latin School in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1645.
John Eliot was a Puritan missionary to the Native Americans of Massachusetts Bay Colony whose translation of the Bible in the Algonquian language was the first Bible printed in North America. Educated in England, Eliot graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1622 and emigrated to Boston in.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
He brought cases to court to fight for Indian property rights, pleaded for clemency for convicted Indian prisoners, fought the selling of Indians into slavery, south to secure lands and streams for Indian use, established schools for Indian children and adults, translated the Bible (1663) and twenty other books into Indian languages, and attempt...
Nov 17, 2020 · He saw the major importance of catechizing the young people, forming schools and equipping teachers. He was afraid that young people would be distracted by the new settlement, rather than given to learning and prayer. Eliot made plans for founding schools and prayed for good schools in various areas.
John Eliot helped guide the church during the dangerous times of the balky Roger Williams and the winsome Anne Hutchinson. He was one of the leaders at all of the early synods that helped to farm Congregational polity.
- Frederick F. Harling
- 1965
Called the Apostle to the Indians, John Eliot was an English Puritan missionary to the Native Americans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His translation of the Bible into the Massachuset language was the first Bible printed in North America. Eliot was born in 1604 in Hertfordshire, England.
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Oct 10, 2022 · John Eliot, later known as the " Apostle to the Indians," first began learning the Algonquian language, spoken by most New England Indians, from Indians captured during the Pequot War.
