HISTORY 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Thirteen Colonies, Gilbert Tennent, George Whitefield
3 Nov 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Awake: great awakening -- 1739 - c. 1743. Yet, revivals occupy different place today than the 18th cent. Warned of terrible punishments, urged audience to rely on christ for salvation. But first event to be felt in all of the colonies. First event that stirred the people in several colonies. Did bring, at least temporarily, people back to church. History of new england (massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island) 1662 -- half-way covenant: to solve problems of church membership, baptize children of. To hope that people would experience conversion at some point in their lives. Changed character of church, no longer visible saints". Now it was those who were not scandalous in life . Over time adopted over almost all of new england. How far they had come from the founders of massachusetts bay colony. Church leaders feared anyone would be allowed in. Congregational church (puritans) had no governing body to determine policy for all.
