tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post2304344597728910105..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Article on Winchester & MurrayBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-12979872031981970672017-12-08T15:49:14.380-07:002017-12-08T15:49:14.380-07:00Jon - good post. But you should give a "shout...Jon - good post. But you should give a "shout out" to Judith Sargent Murray.<br />http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/10/judith-sargent-murray.html <br /><br />"In 1782 Judith privately published a Universalist catechism. It is considered the earliest writing by an American Universalist woman, and the first religious education material produced for Universalists. The pamphlet included Judith’s first public assertion of male and female equality, a hallmark of Universalism."<br /><br />Judith and her brothers "persuaded John Murray to bring their case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and argue for the right to separate from First Parish and support their own church. In 1786, the court ruled in favor of the Universalists, the first ruling for freedom of religion in America." JMSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-85299022611061908842017-11-21T15:00:44.747-07:002017-11-21T15:00:44.747-07:00George Washington was an avid collector of printed...George Washington was an avid collector of printed sermons; I think he found theologizing interesting but that it's an error to translate his praise for his agreement. My own guess is that he listened to all but decided on little. <br /><br />I also think this is more true of Franklin than is usually described. I find Franklin seldom if ever taking a firm stand for or against a given piece of theology. For instance, he may have doubted the Trinity but by no means would he have had the arrogance of Jefferson and Adams to explicitly refudiate it.<br /><br /><br />As for Winchester's cosmology, it would not be out of place in today's Catholic Church, which is also open to "universal reconciliation." It is amusing to see Protestants come back around to a purgation--Purgatory--after Luther so stridently denied it.<br /><br />https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/remembering-hans-urs-von-balthasars-important-book/4620/<br /><br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com