Half-Way Covenant, religious-political solution adopted by 17th-century New England Congregationalists, also called Puritans, that allowed the children of ...

The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership adopted by the Congregational churches of colonial New England in the 1660s.

As a result, the Puritan Church leaders created a compromise document in 1662 known as the Half-Way Covenant that enhanced flexibility in the Puritan Church.

14 янв. 2020 г. · The Half-Way Covenant was a compromise or creative solution used by 17 th century Puritans to include children of fully converted and covenanted church members ...

24 окт. 2014 г. · The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard.

Prior to this Half-way Covenant, full membership was solely granted to those who had a conversion experience and only full members could baptize their children.

ECENTLY, A GROUP of documents pertaining to the Synod of 1662 and the Half-Way Covenant were located in the library of the American Antiquarian Society.

Halfway Covenant. (A.D. 1662) Puritan Congregationalist churches in 1662 modified their policy of only allowing baptized individuals who could adequately ...

The meaning of HALFWAY COVENANT is a form of church membership among the Congregational churches of New England allowed by decisions in 1657 and 1662 and ...

The Halfway Covenant attempted to reduce the qualifications for baptism and membership in the church, and represents a significant downgrading of the purity of ...