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...
| Publié dans: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Année: 2021, Volume: 72, Numéro: 2, Pages: 323-351 |
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Dunster, Henry 1609-1659
/ Holyoke, Edward 1586-1660
/ Tombes, John 1603-1676
/ England
/ Neuengland
/ Baptême des enfants
/ Théologie réformée
/ Alliance
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KAH Époque moderne KBF Îles britanniques KBQ Amérique du Nord KDD Église protestante NBP Sacrements |
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| Résumé: | 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 causes behind the spread of antipaedobaptism across 1640s England and New England, attributing special significance to the Anglophone reception of continental European covenant theology. Supporting this account, it presents an annotated edition of a previously unknown item in Dunster's correspondence, a letter sent to him by a concerned onlooker just months after his heterodoxy became public. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046920002572 |