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1668 French edition

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A Declaration Of The Sad And Great Persecution And Martyrdom Of The People Of God, Called Quakers, In New-England, For The Worshipping Of God, Edward Burroughs

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From 1656 through 1661, the Massachusetts Bay Colony experienced an “invasion” of Quaker missionaries, who were not deterred by the increasingly severe punishments enacted and inflicted by the colonial authorities. In October 1659, two (William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson) were hanged at Boston; in June 1660, Mary Dyar (or Dyer) became the third; in March 1661, William Leddra became the fourth (and last) to suffer capital punishment or “mar-tyrdom” for their Quaker beliefs.While members of the Society of Friends rushed to Massachu-setts to test the harsh sentences under the newly enacted laws, other Friends in England simultaneously petitioned Parliament and …

The Christian Commonwealth: Or, The Civil Policy Of The Rising Kingdom Of Jesus Christ, John Eliot

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John Eliot (1604-1690), the Puritan missionary to the New England Indians, developed this plan of political organization for the Christianized tribes that he converted. In the late 1640s, he adapted it for English use and sent a manuscript copy to England, where it appeared in print 10 years later, in 1659, following the death of Cromwell and before the accession of Charles II.

Eliot’s “Preface” to the work was far more radical and troublesome than the utopian theocracy described in the main body. “Much is spoken of the rightful Heir of the Crown of England, and the unjustice of casting …

Concordia (Book Of Concord, 1581), Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Martin Luther, Matthes StöCkel, Gimel Bergen

16th Century Reformation Materials

The Book of Concord (Concordia) is the foundational collection of Lutheran confessional teachings. It includes the three ecumenical creeds (Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed), the Augsburg Confession of 1530, the Apology to the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles of Martin Luther, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, the Small Catechism of Martin Luther, the Large Catechism of Martin Luther, the Epitome of the Formula of Concord, and the Declaration of the Formula of Concord.

The definitive edition of the book was first published in Dresden, Germany, in 1580 by the printers Stöckel and …

The Decline Of Interest In Mariology As A Theological Problem, Charles W. Neumann

Marian Studies

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