Wise, John
WISE, JOHN (1652–1725), Congregational clergyman and proponent of ecclesiastical liberty in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A graduate of Harvard College in 1673, Wise by the end of th...
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John Wise (1652-1725), American Congregational minister, effectively defended the autonomy of individual congregations. His opinions regarding religious and civil democracy foreshadowed the logic of t...
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John Wise was probably the most original prose writer in colonial America. His works were filled with rough country humor, homely metaphors, and practical examples that appealed directly to the common...
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Wise, John
John Wise
John Wise