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Visible Saints: The History Of A Puritan Idea|Edmund S, Magick of Reiki: Focused Energy for Healing, Ritual, Spiritual Development|Christopher Penczak, Society and Caste|Thomas William Robertson, Economic history of Chosen|Ginko Chosen. Morgan tells us that his title, Visible Saints, is a term that occurs frequently in the writings of the Puritans. More than that, quoting Geoffrey Nuttall, he asserts that this phrase "was undoubtedly their controlling idea and provides the key to what they were after" (vii-viii).Cited by: The Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea by Edward S Morgan. Publisher: Martino Fine Books (November 6, ), pages. This book is based on a set of lectures that Morgan gave as the Anson G Phelps Lectures delivered at New York University in

Morgan wrote a stream of books on the Puritans and the Revolution well into the s: on Ezra Stiles and Roger Williams, on a key Puritan idea in Visible Saints, two books on the Revolution, one on George Washington, and a book on popular sovereignty, Inventing the People. Morgan stressed the coherence of Puritan thought, especially its. Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea by Professor Edmund S Morgan starting at $ Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. and subsequent studies of it, to Edmund S. Morgan's pioneering work Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea (), the church history that attempted to explain the origins and development of the condition that all candidates accepted for full membership must first provide a convincing public testimony of their spiritual worthiness.

An illustration of a person's head and chest. Visible Saints: the history of a puritan idea the history of a puritan idea by Morgan, Edmund S. Publication date. Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea: Author: Prof. Edmund S. Morgan: Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. Visible sainthood was central to this purification campaign. Puritans believed that individuals could prove in their daily lives that they were part of God’s chosen, or predestined, to receive salvation. Wholesome living and financial success would be visible signs of being one of God’s elect, otherwise referred to as sainthood.