The Keys of the Kingdom: Excommunication in Colonial Massachusetts

The Keys of the Kingdom: Excommunication in Colonial Massachusetts

In the exercise of excommunication, each congregation in colonial Massachusetts believed it could consign an offender's soul to everlasting perdition. The practice of excommunication in colonial Massachusetts is examined.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England quarterly 1994-12, Vol.67 (4), p.531-566
1. Verfasser: Brown, David C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Catholicism
Censure
Children
Christianity
Church congregations
Churches
Colonialism
Divinity
Excommunication
History
Repentance
Sacraments
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Zusammenfassung:In the exercise of excommunication, each congregation in colonial Massachusetts believed it could consign an offender's soul to everlasting perdition. The practice of excommunication in colonial Massachusetts is examined.
ISSN:0028-4866
1937-2213
DOI:10.2307/366434