Next Page. Click below to explore each exhibit page. Civil War. Blog Post. Metz Rollins and Trinity Tallahassee. November 11, Read More. November 3, October 29, Presbyterians and Palestine. October 28, October 13, September 28, September 17, September 16, Cathedral Village Oral Histories. September 15, Stevens, ed. San Marino: Huntington Library, , ix. Ungar Pub. Salem, Ohio: Schmul Publishers, , Vol. London: Henry G. Bohn, , Works of John Adams , X Klein, ed. William Jones, 12 vols.
London, , Vol. Hutchinson, ed. The vast majority of New England clergy and congregations were Independent or Congregatonalist, and many people viewed Scottish immigrants and their Presbyterian organization with suspicion. The examples in footnote 1 seem to be biographies of Revolutionary figures from other regions and faiths.
The war was won in the South. New England holier-than-thous started it, the South finished it, and Yankees wrote the history books. Well, doctrinally, Congregationalists and Presbyterians are almost identical. In fact, some seminaries would train pastors from either denomination, with just a class or two difference. Unfortunately or fortunately , historians can be influenced by the times in which they study and write. Whether the deity was called the Creator, Divine Providence or God, its presence appears in our Founding Documents, Great Seal, contemporary letters and speeches.
For better or worse, religion makes the world go around and explains why that world is always in conflict but religion also informs culture and culture informs history as this article so aptly points out. Would have to agree with J. Bell here. It would be instructive to know how many Tories were in the Church of England.
I suspect it would be a relatively high percentage. The underlying question of a secular vs. That distinction is more recent than many seem to grasp. Punderson, November 5, Yes, we do make the distinction today, but it is erroneous to charge the highly theologically educated Puritan Yale President, Dr.
Employed broadly as a synonym for a Calvinist, a dissenter, or a republican, the term was used with considerable imprecision in the eighteenth century. Furthermore, it was used as a demagogic tool to inflame popular passions. New Englanders in fact, did not resent the label. Presbyterians were all those who dissented from the Church of England and her bishops, and therefore, whose ministers were not ordained by bishops but by presbyters—that included the New England Congregationalists.
A legitimate criticism might have been that I should have spelled this out more clearly in the article above, but, alas, word counts can be harsh taskmasters. For further reference, see my dissertation abstract here. I think the article above makes a fair point that religion is a factor often understated.
I would not try to stretch the point into making the revolution about religious issues but it is fair to point out that Anglican bishops tended more often to remain loyal and counsel their parishiners to the same.
Ditto for dissenters of all types. They tended more toward the Whigs. However, I still think the issue is more closely tied to taxation rather than to religious persecution of any type. Anglicans often held the power to tax everyone and not just their own parishiners. I understand where that would offend the other ministers.
To wit, one officer wrote to England in as follows:. The plan for that rebellion is laid older and deeper, and was conceived and hatched chiefly in the New England provinces. Since this sort of people are mostly Presbyterians and Puritans, thus for a long time—in accord with their religious tenets—all secular authority, but especially the name and power of a king, has been a thorn in their eye.
When I read some of the materials from the era, I am convinced that most of the Whigs were sincere in their belief in Enlightenment principles. I do not know a more shameful contrast. John Adams told Benjamin Rush that the potential establishment of Presbyterianism cast a cloud over his election—.
In our schools we should employ only Presbyterian teachers. Presbyterian history and doctrine should be the basis of our system of education, and teachers should read Presbyterian written prayers especially Calvin's every school day. We should be allowed to erect Presbyterian symbols on government property, and tax dollars should be given to Presbyterian schools.
Presbyterian morals should be enforced by law. Certainly God cannot protect us if we do not acknowledge our roots and return to the Presbyterian values that made America a chosen nation. We can never be restored to God's favor if we remain merely a generic Christian country. For God to restore us to greatness, we need to return to our specific roots, no matter who might be left out.
God bless Presbyterian America!
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