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cause through sermons and pamphlets. According to religious studies scholars Norman and Lee Gibbs, Chauncy deserves the title "theologian of the American Revolution".
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in the city and one of the most important in New England. In 1762, Chauncy became pastor of First Church. He served the congregation for 60 years until his death.
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and at Harvard, where he received both his undergraduate degree and his master's in theology. In 1727, Chauncy was ordained as an assistant minister of Boston's
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thought. They called for a "supernatural rationalism" that affirmed both reason and divine revelation as contained in the
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Gibbs, Norman B.; Gibbs, Lee W. (April 1992). "'In Our Nature': The Kenotic Christology of Charles Chauncy".
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In 1785 (two decades after completion), Chauncy anonymously published his major theological work,
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of all humanity. Chauncy is seen as an important figure in the development of the American
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The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Religion, 1805-1900
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The traditional view among scholars has been that Chauncy deviated from orthodox
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opposition against appointing an Anglican bishop for the American colonies
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factions. As a leader of the Old Lights, Chauncy spoke out against
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stirred up by revival preachers. Chauncy was also a leader of the
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Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England
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Five Dissertations on the Scripture Account of the Fall
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Seasonable Revolutionary: The Mind of Charles Chauncy
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Charles Chauncy
The Reverend

Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
American
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
Congregationalism
First Church

Congregational
First Great Awakening
Unitarianism
Liberal Protestantism
universal salvation

Puritan
Boston, Massachusetts
Charles Chauncy
Harvard College
Boston Latin School
First Church
Congregational church
First Great Awakening
Old Light and New Light
religious enthusiasm
opposition against appointing an Anglican bishop for the American colonies
American Revolution
Patriot

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