The Cambridge Platform
A Reassertion of Ecclesiasatical Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3223852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B R Burg (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 470-487 |
| Publication date | 1974-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3164923 |
| OpenAlex | W2164509139 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Since the time of its promulgation in 1648, the Cambridge Platform has been considered one of seventeenth-century New England's most important documents. Its clerical authors regarded it as a vital instrument for maintaining Christ's commandments, and their assessment was correct. The Platform was the recognized standard for Massachusetts Bay's religion until the time of the American Revolution. Its validity was affirmed not only at the time of its creation but also by the Reforming Synod of 1679. The origins of the Cambridge Platform and the forces that brought about the synod of 1646-1648, where it was written, were many and deeply complicated. Foremost among the internal disagreements causing serious difficulties in the colony during the second decade of settlement were the controversies over ecclesiastical polity, church membership and eligibility for baptism. The situation in England, closely related to the disruptions in the colony, also became a vital factor in the writing of the Cambridge Platform
Baptism · Political science · Polity · Promulgation · Settlement (finance) · Synod · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Mormonism, Religion, and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |