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Line 1: + + + − [[Minister]] of a [[Congregationalist]] church in Northampton, [[Massachusetts]] during the [[Great Awakening]], '''Jonathan Edwards''' (1703 – 1758 AD) is best known as the author of the famous sermon "[[Sinners in the hands of an angry God]]. However, his most important contribution to the awakening was his book, ''A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising work of [[God]]'' ([[London]], 1737), which provided guidance to other [[clergy]] as to how to conduct a [[revival]]. He graduated first in his class from [[Yale]] University, and was serving as the president of [[Princeton]] University when he received the [[smallpox innoculation]], having been assured it would be safe. However, it was very dangerous and killed him.+ − His inspiring preaching helped start the [[Great Awakening]], which became a huge religious revival that helped unite the [[colony|colonies]] prior to the [[American Revolution]]. + − [[Aaron Burr]] was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards.+ + − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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''For the former Senator from North Carolina, see [[John Edwards]]''
''For the former Senator from North Carolina, see [[John Edwards]]''
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'''Jonathan Edwards''' (1703 – 1758) was a [[Minister]] of a [[Congregationalism|Congregationalist]] church in [[Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]] during the [[Great Awakening]]. He is best known as the author of the classic "fire and brimstone" sermon ''[[Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God]]''. However, his most important contribution to the awakening was his book, ''A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising work of God'' ([[London]], 1737), which provided guidance to other [[clergy]] as to how to conduct a [[revival]].
He began his advanced education when he went to [[Yale University]] at age 13 and graduated as valedictorian at 17. He was serving as the president of [[Princeton University]] when he received the [[smallpox]] [[inoculation]], having been assured it would be safe. However, it was very dangerous and killed him.
His inspiring preaching helped start the Great Awakening, which became a huge religious revival that helped unite the [[colony|colonies]] prior to the [[American Revolution]]. Like most eighteenth century Congregationalists (who were derived from the seventeenth century "Puritan" church), Edwards was a [[Calvinist]]; however, traditional Calvinist maintain that only the elect, who had been chosen before the creation of the world, could achieve salvation.<ref>http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/perspectives/four.html</ref> By the time of the Great Awakening, most Calvinist clergy had altered their views that one could alter their eternal fate (which was the point of most of Edward's sermons).
[[Aaron Burr]] was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards through one of Edwards' daughters. Burr by no means followed his grandfather: in addition to his murder of [[Alexander Hamilton]] during a duel, he openly had an affair with a woman married to a British soldier (though after her husband's death in battle, he married her) as well as several others during his lifetime.
==Quotes==
<blockquote>"Of all of the kinds of knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important." -- Jonathan Edwards </blockquote>
==See also==
[[Category:Religious people|Edwards, Jonathan]]
* [[First Great Awakening]]
* [[Natural Law]]
* [[Joseph Bellamy]]
==References==
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==Resources==
* Iain H. Murray "Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography" (Banner of Truth Trust, 1987)
Frank Lambert, ''Inventing the “Great Awakening”'' (Princeton University Press, 1999)
Frank Lambert, ''Inventing the “Great Awakening”'' (Princeton University Press, 1999)
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