Anne Hutchinson
Overview
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
. She was a Puritan whose religious ideas were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
area, and her popularity and charisma created a schism in the Boston church which threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England.
Unanswered Questions
Discussions
Quotations
Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court?
I shall I not equivocate, there is a meeting of men and women and there is a meeting only for women.
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another, so I said. . . But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.