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Cotton Mather FRS (/ ˈ m æ ð ər /; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects.
Cotton Mather (Boston, 12 de fevereiro de 1663 — Boston, 13 de fevereiro de 1728) foi um ministro protestante puritano de grande influência social e política na Nova Inglaterra, no nordeste da América Britânica, hoje parte dos Estados Unidos.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Cotton Mather, American Congregational minister and author, supporter of the old order of the ruling clergy, who became the most celebrated of all New England Puritans. He combined a mystical strain with a modern scientific interest. Learn more about his life, beliefs, and legacy.
Mather preached his first sermon in August of 1680, and went on to be ordained by 1685 at age 22. Besides his involvement with the witch trials in Salem during the 1690s, Cotton Mather is remembered as one of the most influential Puritan ministers of his day.
Cotton Mather era um clérigo puritano em Massachusetts conhecido por seus estudos científicos e obras literárias, bem como pelo papel periférico que desempenhou nos julgamentos de feitiçaria em Salem . Ele foi uma figura altamente influente no início da América.
4 de jun. de 2019 · Robert McNamara. Updated on June 04, 2019. Cotton Mather was a Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts known for his scientific studies and literary works, as wells as for the peripheral role he played in the witchcraft trials at Salem. He was a highly influential figure in early America.
Cotton Mather's lifelong preoccupation with millennialism and its significance to his thought and work have only recently attracted full-scale attention. Beginning with Things to be Look'd for (1691), he published more than fifty works in which eschatology played a major role.
