USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne Hutchinson embraced the idea that salvation came about only when God granted it; she believed that human will and action played no role in salvation. Her unorthodox views did not end there. She suggested that an individual could know God’s will directly, and that some people received revelation directly from God.

Detailed explanation-2: -What did Anne Hutchinson believe? Anne Hutchison believed that an individual’s intuition is a guide for achieving salvation and that adhering too closely to beliefs taught by ministers places salvation on one’s deeds (“the covenant of works” as she expressed it) rather than one’s faith (“the covenant of grace”).

Detailed explanation-3: -She believed that heaven was attainable to anyone who worshipped God directly, through a personal connection. Hutchinson also preached that behavior, and therefore sin, did not affect whether someone went to heaven. These beliefs were in direct violation of Puritan doctrine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hutchinson went further, claiming that God had communicated to her by direct revelations and declaring that she was capable of interpreting the Scriptures on her own.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Will it please you to answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any truth.” “I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.” “If you please to give me leave I shall give you the ground of what I know to be true."