Plymouth Church sermons

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Plymouth Church sermons are a renowned collection of 19th-century Protestant sermons delivered by influential American preacher Henry Ward Beecher, noted for their eloquence and progressive social views.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature
religious text
sermon collection
associatedLocation Brooklyn Heights
surface form: Brooklyn Heights, New York
associatedWithChurch Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
associatedWithMovement abolitionist movement in the United States
social gospel precursors
associatedWithPerson Henry Ward Beecher
audience Plymouth Church congregation
wider American public
author Henry Ward Beecher
century 19th century
city Brooklyn NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
denomination Congregationalism
era Victorian era
form public worship sermons
genre homiletics
historicalContext 19th-century American Protestantism
influenced American preaching style
liberal Protestant thought in the United States
influencedBy evangelical Protestantism
language English
mainPreacher Henry Ward Beecher
medium oral sermon
printed text
notedFor eloquence
progressive social views
placeOfOrigin Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
religiousPerspective progressive Christianity
religiousTradition Protestantism
setting Plymouth Church pulpit
state New York
subject Bible interpretation
Christian duty
family life
personal character
social justice
theme Christian ethics
abolitionism
anti-slavery
morality
patriotism
personal piety
social reform
theologicalOrientation liberal Protestantism
timePeriod American Civil War era

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Henry Ward Beecher notableWork Plymouth Church sermons