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Jonathan Edwards dismissed

Jonathan Edwards was dismissed from his Northampton congregation after attempting to reinforce stricter requirements for the sacraments rather than the more leninent ones imposed by the Half-Way Covenant.

Glossary Term – Event

Half-Way Covenant

New England Puritans established the Half-Way Covenant, an agreement extending partial church membership to church members’ children who had not yet experienced conversion. Solomon Stoddard, grandfather ofreligious leader Jonathan Edwards, was among the major proponents of the Covenant.