Interpretation Paper On John Winthrop's A Model Of Christian Charity
Interpretation Paper on John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity”
John Winthrop was born in Groton, England in 1588 to Adam Winthrop and Anne Browne on a farm his father purchased from Henry VIII. He had many advantages because his father high social and economic positions at that time. While at Cambridge University he was exposed to puritan ideas and married his wife at the age of 17. Because of his education he wanted to reform the national church from within, by purging it from everything back to Rome. He wanted to change the hierarchy of the clergy and all the traditional rituals of the Catholic Church. For awhile John had considered becoming a clergyman but became a lawyer instead. In 1620 he chartered at boat to the New
John Winthrop was born in Groton, England in 1588 to Adam Winthrop and Anne Browne on a farm his father purchased from Henry VIII. He had many advantages because his father high social and economic positions at that time. While at Cambridge University he was exposed to puritan ideas and married his wife at the age of 17. Because of his education he wanted to reform the national church from within, by purging it from everything back to Rome. He wanted to change the hierarchy of the clergy and all the traditional rituals of the Catholic Church. For awhile John had considered becoming a clergyman but became a lawyer instead. In 1620 he chartered at boat to the New