discourse conversion de bancroft aaron (4 resultados)

Pamphlet. Condición: Good. Pamphlet, lacking any wraps issued. Presumably disbound from a larger work. Printed April of 1818, although it appears the date was corrected by hand from 1816. 40 pp. A theological discussion of the meaning of conversion, drawing on Biblical passages to establish a definition, and then to extrapolate its significance on the practice of religion. Aaron Bancroft was a Congregationalist and Unitarian clergyman, who served during the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Bunker Hill and Lexington. GOOD condition. Remains of paper binding along the spine. Faint, moderate spotting to the first page, with general toning, minor scattered soiling and foxing. See Sabin 3105 for this and other works by Bancroft.

Pamphlet. Condición: Good. 8 1/2 x 5 inches, no wrapper, new binding strings, 40 pages. A sermon on the text John 3:3, "Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."Our author, we think, confuses "conversion" with repentance, for he speaks not of a regeneration from life to death, but of a change of mind leading to a good character. ".conversion, or regeneration, in the New Testament means a change of the affections from vicious to virtuous objects, altering the course of one's life, the formation of Christian habits." This "convert" may never have assurance of salvation, for he might fall from his position into foul sin and be lost; he is on spiritual probation until the end of his life. He says that proselytes to Judaism were baptized, and considered "born again" through that process. He rejects any notion of an instantaneous conversion, and promotes the idea that one is christianized through a slow process of education and personal reform, that a man would not be "happy" in heaven unless he had progressed in morality beforehand.Aaron Bancroft, D.D. (1755-1839), was born in Reading, Massachusetts. While pursuing his divinity studies during the revolutionary war he served as a minuteman, and was present, at both Lexington and Bunker Hill. After graduating from Harvard in 1778 he taught school for a while, was licensed to preach, and spent three years as a missionary in Nova Scotia. He became the pastor of the Congregational church in Worcestor in 1785 and continued in that office until his death, over 50 years later. As he grew older, his theological views changed, becoming first Arminian, and later, Unitarian. He published sermons in defense of religious liberty and a volume of sermons directed against the doctrine of election (1822). He is best known for his "Life of Washington" published in 1807. One scholar calls him, "the learned and honored ministeran able preacher, and one of the strongest thinkers in the Unitarian body." - Cooke.

First Edition. Poorly bound copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; multiple pagings. Subjects; Collected sermons. Theological tracts. Christain theology. Great Britian. 19th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Poorly bound copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; multiple pagings. Subjects; Collected sermons. Theological tracts. Christain theology. Great Britian. 19th century. 1 Kg.