The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England

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The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England is a 17th-century treatise by Puritan minister John Cotton that systematically defends and explains the principles and practices of New England Congregational church polity.

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The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
Puritan work ⓘ
ecclesiological treatise ⓘ
religious book ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
aim to justify New England church practices to critics in Old England ⓘ
to systematize New England Congregational principles ⓘ
author John Cotton ⓘ
authorOccupation Puritan minister ⓘ
authorReligion Puritanism ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 17th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New England ⓘ
defends New England Congregational practices against critics ⓘ
independent congregational governance ⓘ
doctrineType church order and discipline ⓘ
explains admission to church membership ⓘ
autonomy of local congregations ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
relations between churches ⓘ
role of church covenants ⓘ
focusesOn defense of New England church practices ⓘ
practices of New England churches ⓘ
principles of Congregational church order ⓘ
genre ecclesiology ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ
historicalContext Puritan New England churches ⓘ
early colonial New England ⓘ
influenced New England ecclesiastical practice ⓘ
later Congregationalist thought ⓘ
influencedBy English Puritan debates on church government ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
intendedAudience English Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

New England church leaders ⓘ
Protestant clergy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Congregational church government ⓘ
New England Congregationalism ⓘ
linked to: Congregationalism

church polity ⓘ
placeOfInfluence Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
relatedWork The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ
religiousMovement Puritan movement in New England ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism
religiousTradition Congregationalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Calvinist ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ
usesSource Bible ⓘ
New Testament ecclesiology ⓘ

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John Cotton → notableWork → The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England ⓘ
John Cotton → wrote → The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England ⓘ