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John Winthrop Christian Charity

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________________________________________ The year of 1630 is whenJohn Winthrop wrote his most famous writing called “Christian Charity”. In it is an excerpt of a political sermon titled “A City upon a Hill” in which he prepares early settlers to form a Puritan community within the New World. Winthrop believed that the settlers were all chosen by God to create a New society and that to have a strong Puritan community the settlers had to honor and be responsible for their duties and obligations to God. Winthrop sermon lays the blueprints on building a community by listing the standard the community should uphold. One of the standard is in the following “wee must uphold a familiar Commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality”. …show more content…

In the first part of sentence “familiar commerce” is to be familiar with everyone in the community which crucial because different members of the community will hold certain statuses community from top, the governing official and priests, to the bottom, farm hands and servants, of the political spectrum. Lastly ends the sentence with being “meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality” familiar, means you aren’t going to be harsh or unforgiving to be liberal is being magnetic and generous. These qualities fit well with puritans believe in always being pure with good deeds and thought one of elements that can bring society together in accomplishing God mission in achieving a city upon hills. Following this further is when Winthrop states “wee must entertaine each other in brotherly Affection”. In this statement one should love everyone in the community that resembles a fraternal love like brothers. This unique brotherly affection part of …show more content…

These virtues fit well with the ancient political philosophers in what they call political virtues. Political virtues our excellences of character and soul that is necessary in being a good citizens. One needed to be self-sacrificial, fraternity one of the idea of the first revolution, unity and liberality in regarding the good of community as greater than one own good. Winthrop gives us this speech which focuses on early political ideas through theological theory of political community which is establishes necessary for this community to undertake in this mission that they are on. Winthrop understands the project of this mission that they are on an errand for God in recreated a New Jerusalem in the new world, a novel Christian Community. As result create model of political practices that would affect the future generation to come. The first thing he suggest that if this community is to be successful in the errand to God is by being liberal and unify they will create a space that God would dwell among them, if they embodied Christian charity they will form a community that will house the “sacred”, God, in which no one would be able to resist God. In stating in the text there was no

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