Anne Hutchinson And George Whitfield Religious Beliefs

The religious views of the Indians and the Europeans were different. The Natives were very willing to take up Catholicism as an addition to their religious practice. Although, the Spanish misinterpreted the situation and thought that the Indians were accepting Catholicism as their only religion. If all Natives would have truly converted to Catholicism, then it would have resulted with their own religious practices dying out and Catholicism becoming the only religion. The Native’s refusal to give up their own religious practice, I would say, played a key role in setting a precedent for other believers to continue having the same perspective or form a new one. Similarly, Anne Hutchinson and George Whitfield changed their perspective on how much

control one has over where their soul ends up. Whitefield himself believed in rebirth as an essential part of salvation instead of “conforming to living a morally good life.” The general perception of Christianity today is more similar to Whitefield’s perception, because today there are more and more Christian denominations. Before it was up to the religious leaders to serve as a mediator between God and the people but now people have more freedom in being able to interpret, and are given the choice of how to worship. Both Hutchinson’s and Whitefield’s “rebellion” against the norms of their time had a lasting influence on the colonists because it brought up questions such as, Is there something we can do about our destiny? Do we have any control? Their new perspectives challenged what they had known for so long and resulted in even more new perspectives that we see today.