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I was also confused about what that means. I know Dr. M said in class that she was charged with saying bad things about the ministers and going against the church so I'm guessing that is what that means. -- Katelyn Lease | I was also confused about what that means. I know Dr. M said in class that she was charged with saying bad things about the ministers and going against the church so I'm guessing that is what that means. -- Katelyn Lease | ||
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| + | : I am no theologian but I will try to answer some of these questions as best I can, anyone else feel free to jump in. It is my understanding that Puritans believed that God no longer spoke to anyone in direct revelation and that His last word to people was through the Bible. Anne Hutchinson claims that God spoke to her directly and the Puritans believe that kind of claim to be heresy. So that is what they get Hutchinson on. Hutchinson is also under scrutiny because of the Puritan belief in predestination that she challenged; arguing that if we were predestined to go to Heaven or Hell then it would not matter what ones actions were in the slightest. She also criticized many preachers of emphasizing the importance of good works over salvation through grace, implying (as some saw it) that she was saying that these preachers were saying that salvation was through works (covenant of works) rather than salvation through grace (covenant of grace / new covenant). Hope that helped some. --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 21:54, 16 September 2009 (MDT) | ||
When I read Anne Bradstreet’s spiritual autobiography, I was amazed by the necessity of Puritans to deny their individual wants, needs, and rationale. Anne described joining the church as ‘submitting’. When Anne was sick, she said God was trying to humble her. Then once God finally granted Anne children, she began a new struggle to extinguish their individuality and worked “till Christ bee formed in you [her children].”(pg 100) Given this context, one can see that an individual thinking on his/her own, such as Anne Hutchinson, was very radical and seen as dangerous. -Allison Luthern | When I read Anne Bradstreet’s spiritual autobiography, I was amazed by the necessity of Puritans to deny their individual wants, needs, and rationale. Anne described joining the church as ‘submitting’. When Anne was sick, she said God was trying to humble her. Then once God finally granted Anne children, she began a new struggle to extinguish their individuality and worked “till Christ bee formed in you [her children].”(pg 100) Given this context, one can see that an individual thinking on his/her own, such as Anne Hutchinson, was very radical and seen as dangerous. -Allison Luthern | ||
