He preferred the more autonomous Congregational model of church governance to the hierarchical structure of Presbyterianism and defended his views in A Survey of the Summe of Church Discipline.
He preferred the more autonomous Congregational model of church governance to the hierarchical structure of Presbyterianism and defended his views in A Survey of the Summe of Church Discipline. Cited to appear before the Court of High Commission in 1630, he fled to Holland, and three years later he emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Leaving Massachusetts to found Hartford in 1636, he became known as the "Father of American Democracy." For 10 points, name this founder of Connecticut.
He preferred the more autonomous Congregational model of church governance to the hierarchical structure of Presbyterianism and defended his views in A Survey of the Summe of Church Discipline.
Thomas {Hooker}