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Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson

2007-10-06

Justa Berean, “Hutchinson was brought to trial in 1637 for the heresy of antinomianism, or asserting that inner grace was sufficient to achieve salvation and that church rules and ministers were unnecessary for that goal. She stood for three days before Winthrop and an array of other powerful men, explaining that her meetings were merely open discussions and that her beliefs accorded with Calvinism and Scripture. But she was found guilty of eighty-two offenses against the church and government, especially her claim to have a direct relationship with God. Banished, she and her children followed Roger Williams into Rhode Island. She later moved to Pelham Bay, New York, where she was killed in an Indian attack.”
(from p-67 of: The American Experiment A History of the United States by Steven M. Gillon and Cathy D. Matson)

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