Pilgrims Puritans Village Life & Childhood Repression of Dissent An uncompleted mission?
NEW ENGLANDTHE FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY
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1) Pilgrims2) Puritans3) Village Life & Childhood4) Repression of Dissent5) An uncompleted mission?
PILGRIMS
Separatists
Pilgrim Church
WINTHROP’SPURITANS
non-separatingCongregationalists
The Church of EnglandOR The Anglican Church
“A City Upon a Hill”
“Errand into the Wilderness”
NO religious freedom
Congregationalism
John Calvin,“predestination”
God’s Elect
the Faith
the Predestined
the Saints
“Conversion Experience”
70%
20%
Charter of 1629MBC
governor
Deputies2 per town
Assistantsdelegates at large
VILLAGE LIFE &CHILDHOOD
Nucleated vs Dispersedsettlements
REPRESSIONOF DISSENT
Roger Williams
“Toleration”
Anne Hutchinson
“Hidden Voice of God”
TrialTranscript
“antinomian” (-ism)
“This is the Lord’s work,and it is indeed marvelous!”—John Winthrop—
ANINCOMPLETEMISSION?