COTTON, JOHN


Meaning of COTTON, JOHN in English

(1585-1652) US Anglican Puritan pastor in Boston for 21 years; forced out of England by Archbishop Laud ; advocated exile of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson; wrote 1. The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven and 2. The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England .

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .