New England clergyman John Cotton

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New England clergyman John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian who played a leading role in the religious and civic life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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instanceOf New England Puritan
Puritan minister
clergyman
person
theologian
associatedWith First Church in Boston NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Bay Colony leadership NERFINISHED
birthDate 1585-12-04
birthPlace Derby, Derbyshire, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston NERFINISHED
child John Cotton Jr. NERFINISHED
Seaborn Cotton NERFINISHED
citizenship Kingdom of England
Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
contributedTo development of New England town–church relations
deathDate 1652-12-23
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
denomination Congregationalism NERFINISHED
education Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
era 17th century
gender male
influenced Massachusetts Bay civil and religious policy
New England Congregationalism NERFINISHED
knownFor influence on Congregational church polity
leading Puritan minister in Massachusetts Bay Colony
opposition to Antinomianism
role in shaping religious life of Massachusetts Bay Colony
writings on church government
language English
movedFrom Boston, Lincolnshire, England NERFINISHED
movedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
name John Cotton NERFINISHED
notableStudentOf William Perkins (indirectly, via Cambridge Puritan tradition) NERFINISHED
occupation clergyman
minister
theologian
participatedIn Antinomian Controversy NERFINISHED
positionHeld teacher of the First Church in Boston, Massachusetts
vicar of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire
religion Puritanism
spouse Sarah Hawkred NERFINISHED
Sarah Story NERFINISHED
theologicalTradition Reformed theology
wrote Milk for Babes NERFINISHED
Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes NERFINISHED
The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven NERFINISHED
The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England NERFINISHED
yearOfMigration 1633

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Sarah Hawkred spouseOf New England clergyman John Cotton