Project Gutenberg 2011-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 77 Adams, Charles Francis 1835 1915 Adams, C. F. (Charles Francis) Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis) 01012390 Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England" by Charles Francis Adams is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work examines the intricate relationship between sexual morality and church discipline within the context of Colonial New England, focusing specifically on the practices and societal norms of the time. Adams delves into the historical records to shed light on how church authorities addressed issues of fornication, public confessions, and individual morality within the community. The opening of the work presents Adams’ exploration of the records from the First Church of Quincy, which serve as a window into the challenges faced by church leaders in maintaining moral standards in their congregations. He discusses various documented cases of church discipline related to sexual immorality, and contrasts the public perceptions of morality with the realities captured in these records. Adams also reflects on the implications of these instances in relation to the prevailing attitudes towards sin, repentance, and community accountability, setting the stage for a more profound inquiry into how these factors shaped social life in the region and what they reveal about the complexities of human behavior during that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sexual ethics F001 Text Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: History - American 136894 136903 2024-09-15T14:08:59.917542 2023-09-16T07:32:52.887256 text/html text/html 135805 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 48534 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 125927 2024-09-15T14:09:05.228513 application/epub+zip 126804 2024-09-15T14:09:02.523553 application/epub+zip 108033 2024-09-15T14:09:01.608552 application/epub+zip 351279 2024-09-15T14:09:07.244509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340573 2024-09-15T14:09:04.595529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137187 2022-09-17T04:32:19.053003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124968 124776 2024-09-15T14:08:59.634569 2023-09-16T07:32:52.624234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 124835 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46106 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 124826 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46085 2011-08-06T16:40:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20194 2024-09-15T14:09:07.376511 application/rdf+xml 26354 2024-09-15T14:09:01.965525 image/jpeg 4792 2024-09-15T14:09:01.784589 image/jpeg 127589 2024-09-15T14:08:59.930530 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia