Parents, be exemplary. Your example may do much towards the salvation of your children; your works will more work upon your children than your words; your patterns will do more than your precepts, your copies more than your counsels.

— Cotton Mather (1663–1728), Prediger, Theologe

Topics: Relationships & Family, Witness & Mission

Occasions: Baptism, Confirmation & Blessing

Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (1663–1728) war ein einflussreicher puritanischer Prediger, Theologe und Autor in Boston in der britischen Kolonie Massachusetts. Er verband ein umfangreiches kirchengeschichtliches und naturwissenschaftliches Werk mit dem Aufruf zu praktischer Nächstenliebe, ist jedoch wegen seiner publizistischen Rechtfertigung der Hexenprozesse von Salem sowie seiner Befürwortung der Sklaverei historisch stark umstritten. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Vertreter einer intensiven Schrift- und Gebetsfrömmigkeit, dessen Wirken zugleich die Gefahren und Schattenseiten religiösen Eifers vor Augen führt.

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