REL S 18-20
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ezra Stiles | His sermon made the US out to be the new Israel--making many connections between US and bible, he explains we are chosen by God to be a nation of praise. |
| Ezra Stiles | He claimed that Jews were responsible for the first judgments of God. He also claims that all other religions are false and idolatrous. |
| david and goliath | Ezra Stiles attributes the defeat of England to God--God must have supported them because it was a war as radical as ___ |
| George Washington | ____ was the modern day Joshua |
| George Washington | According to Ezra Stiles, Pharoah was corrupt like George III and Moses/Joseph are like ____ leading US out of evil to form God's nation |
| First Inaugural Address | In his ____ Jefferson claimed the purpose of the government is to: protect personal possessions and the country (through military), balance the economy, regulate trade, protect freedom of religion, and uphold habeas corpus (innocent until proven guilty!) |
| Revolution | Immediately following the ____, US religion was PROTESTANT, uninfluenced by Catholicism, and Jonathan Mayhew was popular. |
| Anglican | After the war, the ____ church lost 75% of its members. |
| Quakers | After the war, ___ split over support and opposition to Revolution |
| Presbyterians | After the war, ____ suffered at the hands of the British. John WItherspoon was famous ____ pastor calling them to join war effort. |
| Methodists | After the war, ____ had a dramatic growth with Francis Asbury leading "preaching tours and calling church to independence. |
| Established Religion | How government is linked to religion in a way that religion has an affect on what government does. However, people claimed Government did not suffer from exemption of religion |
| Publick Religion | Benjamin Franklin created the phrase which was later named "Civil Religion" and it gives religious meaning to the nation itself--Pledge of Allegiance, Ground Zero, Liberty Bell, Gettysburg |
| Deist | Many of the founders were ____, believing in an impersonal creator of life. |
| Enlightenment Christians | ____ relied on reason, rejected authority of revelation, reject divinity of Christ making him to be a good teacher but not God, and they reject trinity. |
| Rational Religion | ____ claims there is a God who should be worshiped. Also believed repentance is important and afterlife is real. |
| Unitarianism | ____ rejected the Trinity, rejected that Jesus was God, rejected original sin, claimed Jesus came as a moral teacher. They believed we are responsible for loving God and being virtuous; to use our free will and associate moral reform and fervor with Christian responsibility. Rationalistic Revivalism would improve society. |
| Ezra Stiles | Used names such as "Omniscient Deity, Omnipotent Authority, and Sovereign Monarch" to address God. |
| masons | The ____ were a fraternal group who did many philanthropic activities. Many of the founding fathers were ____ |
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