Invisible Saints: The ‘Judgment of Charity’ in the Early New England Churches

Few early New England practices troubled European observers more than the attempt to restrict church membership to the regenerate. The requirement that each prospective church member give a “relation” of his experience of grace, a public declaration “of God's manner of working upon [his] soul,”...

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Main Author: Tipson, Baird (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1975
In: Church history
Year: 1975, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 460-471
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