ENGL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Future Shock, Natty Bumppo, William Cullen Bryant
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Reason for anglican church king henry wanted a divorce, asked pope, he said no, so he broke away from roman catholic church and founded his own church of england. Bible was authority: total depravity- (depravity means evil), we were born to be bad, unconditional election, prevenient grace- (it was there before we needed it, perseverance of the saints, limited atonement. Edward taylor was educated at harvard, at cambridge mass. Donald e stanford edited poetry of taylor, put it together and helped find it. Donald e stanford might not have wanted people to have or read the poems bc they were a type of diary. A diary bc edward taylor wouldn"t want members of his congregation to know that he had doubt. Dust and words to something that can be given life. Something that is dead to something that is alive. Mainly based on his contemplation of the biblical texts that served as the basis for the communion sermon.
