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Apr 17, 2024 · Alexander Campbell (born September 12, 1788, near Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland—died March 4, 1866, Bethany, West Virginia, U.S.) was an American clergyman, writer, and founder of the Disciples of Christ and Bethany College.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Early Years
- Personal Life
- Heading His First Congregation
- Edwardseanism
- The Great Awakening
- Sinners in The Hands of An Angry God
- Later Years
- Legacy
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...
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Apr 17, 2016 · The lives of the eight clergymen were deeply influenced by the times and the Letter itself. (Though none of those eight ever actually received the Letter, and King did not know any of them at the ...
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Dec 17, 2013 · Germaine Dulac’s place in film history has been obscured by the notoriety of the Paris screening of The Seashell and the Clergyman, February 9, 1928, at the Studio Les Ursulines. (13) Stories vary as to the origins of the tumult and whether or not Artaud and Dulac were both even present on the occasion.
- John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes (London: John Day, 1563), 570; The Acts and Monuments Online, www.johnfoxe.org.
- William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christen Man (Antwerp: J. Hoochstraten, 1528), fol. xv, STC (2nd ed.) / 24446, Early English Books Online, http://www.eebo.chadwyck.com (This source will be identified as EEBO beyond this point).
- William Tyndale, An Answere unto Sir Thomas Mores Dialoge, ed. Anne M. O’Donnell and Jared Wicks (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2000), 192, 214.
- William Tyndale, The Parable of the Wicked Mammon, 2nd ed. (Antwerp: J. Hoochstraten, 1528), sig. Aii–Aiii, STC (24454, EEBO).
Oct 16, 2018 · A break with the Puritan tradition came in 1708 when John Leverett was elected the first President of Harvard who was not also a clergyman. Did you know: Harvard’s first scholarship fund was created in 1643 with a gift from Ann Radcliffe, Lady Mowlson.
Don Quixote defends knight-errantry to a clergyman who condemns it as frivolity. The Duke promises Sancho that he will make him governor of some isle, and the clergyman storms out in anger.
