Anne Hutchinson Research Paper

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The heresy of Anne Hutchinson of Massachusetts expounded in 1634. Anne Hutchinson was forty-five and a mother of fifteen children. later following the Puritan leader John Cotton to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. She brought attention to Cotton’s theology through her way with words. This attracted people to meetings at her home, on Mondays to talk about Cotton’s Sunday sermon. Later Anne went to far as to teach that outward obedience to the scriptures was unnecessary to show a relationship with God, which is called antinomianism. She also taught that God had given her a revelation that superseded the Bible. The leaders having become aware of this, followed procedure and attempted to council her. She still believing she was right,