Newtown Synod of 1637

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Puritan church assembly historical event religious synod

The Newtown Synod of 1637 was a pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts convened to define orthodox doctrine and condemn the theological positions associated with the Antinomian Controversy.

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Label	Occurrences
Newtown Synod of 1637 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Puritan church assembly ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious synod ⓘ
aimedTo	condemn antinomian theological positions ⓘ define orthodox doctrine ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic	occurs during governorship of John Winthrop NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial religious governance ⓘ ecclesiastical polity ⓘ theology ⓘ
followedBy	banishment of some antinomian leaders ⓘ civil trials related to the Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
hasCause	Antinomian Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ theological disputes in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
hasEffect	clarification of acceptable Puritan teaching in Massachusetts ⓘ strengthening of clerical authority in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ suppression of dissenting religious views in the colony ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial New England ⓘ early 17th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Newtown, Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
mainSubject	Antinomianism NERFINISHED ⓘ orthodox Puritan doctrine ⓘ
participant	Massachusetts Bay clergy ⓘ Puritan ministers ⓘ colonial magistrates of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
partOf	history of Christianity in New England ⓘ history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
pointInTime	1637 ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Puritanism ⓘ
significance	important precedent for later New England synods ⓘ major turning point in the Antinomian Controversy ⓘ
significantEvent	condemnation of antinomian teachings ⓘ formal articulation of Massachusetts Puritan orthodoxy ⓘ
topic	church discipline ⓘ doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ relationship between grace and works ⓘ

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Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts → hasEvent → Newtown Synod of 1637 ⓘ