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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. Quickly defining Covenant of Works...In the Old Testament God makes a covenant with His people that if they obey Him they will be saved (so they are saved through their actions i.e. works). For Christians the Covenant of Works no longer is necessary because of Christ's life, death, resurrection He makes a new covenant with His people and that is one of salvation through grace (the grace of God that is) stepping in and saving people. | : 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. Quickly defining Covenant of Works...In the Old Testament God makes a covenant with His people that if they obey Him they will be saved (so they are saved through their actions i.e. works). For Christians the Covenant of Works no longer is necessary because of Christ's life, death, resurrection He makes a new covenant with His people and that is one of salvation through grace (the grace of God that is) stepping in and saving people. | ||
| − | 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) | + | :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) |
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