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The Puritans are a really interesting group in apocalyptic history, because they really saw ... The second generation (and these are people like Increase Mather and Cotton Mather) are worried about the declension. "Declension" was a key Puritan terms. We live in declining times. We're not as good as the founding fathers.
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There were many factors that led to Puritan Declension - the belief that they did indeed stray from their mission.When John Winthrop prepared to lead the first group of Puritans to the New World in 1629, he wrote a document that listed several reasons why he was going, and also why others should follow.
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Perry Miller and the Puritans ... Still others argued that he overstated declension. Social historians, inspired by the French Annales School, argued that in focusing on the mind, Miller ignored the social realities of New England life. There is some merit to all of the objections.
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Declension was the decline of the Puritan experiment in Massachusetts Bay. It began in the 1660s and was marked by the loss of religious intensity. It was manifested in the adoption of the Half-Way Covenant in 1662. Fuller explanation here:...
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Definition and meaning of declension: declension Declension was the decline of the Puritan experiment in Massachusetts Bay. It began in the 1660s and was marked by the loss of religious intensity. It was manifested in the adoption ... More material related to Declension can be found here:
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From Founding Fathers to Old-Boy Networks: The Declension of Perry Miller's Puritans ... 1 Knight reads Puritan prose with an ear poised to detect the faint ...
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Oath and Ordeal Part 2 ... ; The second of two articles which are very well-done and thought provoking on the structure and purpose of covenant signs. This is originally found in the WTJ in 1965. It is reformatted, and updated for the web. Part 1 can be found here. ... Oath And Ordeal Signs, Second Article; by Dr.
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; A very well-done and thought provoking article on the structure and purpose of covenant signs. ... Oath And Ordeal Signs, Part 1; ... A more authentic identification of the covenant signs of circumcision and baptism has been made possible through the recovery of their original historical context of covenant form and ceremony.
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