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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758).
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1 Jonathan Edwards( )
2 Background Information
Important role in the shaping of The Great Awakening ( )Grandfather of Aaron Burr (3rd VP of US and killed Alexander Hamilton in a Duel)(founding father and 1st sec.
of state.)Was the fifth of eleven childrenHe entered Yale College in 1716, at just under the age of thirteen.He was a scholar-pastor his rule being thirteen hours of study a day.
3 The Great Awakening A series of several religious revivals
Began in the 1730’s.
The Great Awakening was a backlash against what many believed was a church that had grown far too lenient.
4 Edwards preached a return to Calvinism which stressed predestination, the belief that only a select few chosen by God would be saved.
No individual could earn grace by doing good deeds, so everyone was equally powerless to control their own fate.
5 Structure and Delivery of a Purita