New York's first domine

From the very beginning the difference between New England and New Netherland which manifested itself in so many different ways was also evident in patterns of religious life. From the outset New England settlements were communities; entire congregations arrived bringing with them their pastors and teachers so that the organization of their religious life on this side of the Atlantic was a relatively simple matter. When the Dutch began to arrive in New Netherland in the early part of the seventeenth century, however, permanent settlement was not the scheme which they had in mind. In the Europe... Mehr ...