Why did Henry Dunster Reject Infant Baptism?: Circumcision and the Covenant of Grace in the Seventeenth-Century Transatlantic Reformed Community
In 1653 Henry Dunster, Harvard's first President, refused to baptise his fourth child, initiating a controversy that would end in his resignation from the Harvard presidency in October 1654. This article offers an explanation for Dunster's rejection of infant baptism by re-examining the ca...
| Published in: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
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Dunster, Henry 1609-1659
/ Holyoke, Edward 1586-1660
/ Tombes, John 1603-1676
/ England
/ New England
/ Infant baptism
/ Reformed theology
/ Divine covenant
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
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