Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts

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The Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts was a 1630s Puritan religious and political crisis centered on debates over grace, works, and church authority, most famously associated with Anne Hutchinson and her supporters.

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instanceOf Puritan controversy ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
theological dispute ⓘ
hasCause conflict over clerical authority ⓘ
disputes over justification by faith alone ⓘ
disputes over lay religious meetings ⓘ
disputes over the role of good works in salvation ⓘ
tensions between free grace advocates and legalist ministers ⓘ
hasCountry Colonial America ⓘ
hasEffect banishment of Anne Hutchinson ⓘ
banishment of John Wheelwright ⓘ
disarming of Hutchinson’s supporters ⓘ
founding of new settlements in Rhode Island ⓘ
increased persecution of religious dissenters ⓘ
strengthening of magistrates’ power over religious dissent ⓘ
tightening of religious orthodoxy in Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
hasEndTime 1638 ⓘ
hasEvent Fast Day sermon of John Wheelwright in 1637 ⓘ
Hutchinson’s home Bible meetings in Boston ⓘ
Newtown Synod of 1637 ⓘ
civil trial of Anne Hutchinson in 1637 ⓘ
civil trial of John Wheelwright ⓘ
ecclesiastical trial of Anne Hutchinson in 1638 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early test of religious liberty in New England ⓘ
illustrated limits of dissent in Puritan theocracy ⓘ
shaped development of Rhode Island’s religious toleration ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Anne Hutchinson ⓘ
Henry Vane the Younger ⓘ
Hugh Peter ⓘ
John Cotton ⓘ
John Wheelwright ⓘ
John Wilson ⓘ
John Winthrop ⓘ
Thomas Dudley ⓘ
Thomas Shepard ⓘ
linked to: Richard Mather

Thomas Weld ⓘ
hasMainLocation Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
hasMainSubject antinomianism ⓘ
assurance of salvation ⓘ
church authority ⓘ
covenant of grace ⓘ
covenant of works ⓘ
free grace theology ⓘ
hasOutcome consolidation of orthodox Puritan leadership ⓘ
marginalization of radical religious views ⓘ
hasPoliticalAspect conflict between Boston and outlying towns ⓘ
debate over the franchise and church membership ⓘ
struggle between Governor Henry Vane and John Winthrop ⓘ
hasReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
hasStartTime 1636 ⓘ

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John Cotton → conflict → Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts ⓘ
Anne Hutchinson → knownFor → Antinomian Controversy in New England ⓘ
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Anne Hutchinson → knownFor → Antinomian Controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject linked to: Hutchinson
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Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord → addressesControversy → Antinomian controversy ⓘ
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Anne Marbury → notableFor → Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
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William Hutchinson → spouseNotableFor → Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
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Johannes Eisleben → participantIn → Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
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John Wheelwright → notableEvent → Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
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Thomas Weld → involvedIn → Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
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John Wilson → participatedIn → Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
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Newtown Synod of 1637 → hasCause → Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
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John Cotton → participatedIn → Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
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Katherine Marbury Scott → activeIn → New England religious controversies ⓘ
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Osiandrian controversy → chronologicallyFollows → Antinomian controversy ⓘ
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Antinomianism → notableDebate → Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
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