Thomas Hooker Biography

Occup.	Leader
From	USA
Born	July 5, 1586 Marefield or Birstall, Leicestershire
Died	July 7, 1647 Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Aged	61 years

Thomas Hooker was a famous Puritan minister as well as theologian who played a crucial role in the starting of the Connecticut Colony in the 17th century. He was born on July 5, 1586, in Leicestershire, England, to parents John Hooker and also Alice Atkinson.

After finishing his education and learning at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Hooker became a lecturer and also preacher in London. He was known for his dynamic teaching design and also his emphasis on the value of private spiritual experience and also an individual connection with God.

In 1630, Hooker emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with a team of Puritan inhabitants. He soon became discontented with the rigorous spiritual and also political plans of the swarm's leaders as well as began to promote for higher spiritual freedom and also autonomous governance.

In 1636, Hooker led a group of inhabitants to found the community of Hartford, Connecticut, where he aided draft the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, a constitution that established an autonomous system of federal government and ensured private legal rights as well as liberties.

Hooker remained to preach and show in Connecticut for the rest of his life, and he became a revered number in the swarm. He was recognized for his thoughtful as well as comprehensive strategy to ministry, as well as he often preached to Native Americans and also African Americans.

In addition to his religious job, Hooker was additionally a prolific writer and theologian. He composed a number of prominent books on Puritan faith, including "The Soules Humiliation" and "A Survey of the Summe of Church Discipline".

Thomas Hooker passed away on July 7, 1647, in Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 61. His legacy as a leader in the fight for spiritual and political freedom, along with his contributions to the development of early American freedom, remain to be celebrated and also researched today.

Our collection contains 4 quotes who is written / told by Thomas.

Thomas Hooker Famous Works:

1632 The Soul's Preparation for Christ (Book)
1635 The Unbeliever's Preparing for Christ (Book)
1648 A Survey of the Summe of Church Discipline (Book)
1657 The Application of Redemption by the Effectual Work of the Word and Spirit of Christ for the Bringing-home of Lost Sinners to God (Book)

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4 Famous quotes by Thomas Hooker

"Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?"

"I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good"

"Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means"

"So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them"