Newtown Synod of 1637

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The Newtown Synod of 1637 was a pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts convened to define orthodox doctrine and condemn the theological positions associated with the Antinomian Controversy.

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instanceOf Puritan church assembly ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious synod ⓘ
aimedTo condemn antinomian theological positions ⓘ
define orthodox doctrine ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic occurs during governorship of John Winthrop ⓘ
country Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
describedAs pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial religious governance ⓘ
ecclesiastical polity ⓘ
theology ⓘ
followedBy banishment of some antinomian leaders ⓘ
civil trials related to the Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
hasCause Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
theological disputes in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
hasEffect clarification of acceptable Puritan teaching in Massachusetts ⓘ
strengthening of clerical authority in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
suppression of dissenting religious views in the colony ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial New England ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Newtown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
present-day Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
mainSubject Antinomianism ⓘ
orthodox Puritan doctrine ⓘ
participant Massachusetts Bay clergy ⓘ
Puritan ministers ⓘ
colonial magistrates of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
partOf history of Christianity in New England ⓘ
history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
pointInTime 1637 ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
significance important precedent for later New England synods ⓘ
major turning point in the Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
significantEvent condemnation of antinomian teachings ⓘ
formal articulation of Massachusetts Puritan orthodoxy ⓘ
topic church discipline ⓘ
doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ
relationship between grace and works ⓘ

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Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts → hasEvent → Newtown Synod of 1637 ⓘ