Paul Dean (minister)
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Paul Dean was a 19th-century universalist minister. He pastored in Boston
, Massachusetts
, at the First Universalist Church on Hanover Street (ca.1813) and the Central Universalist Church on Bulfinch Street (1823–1840).
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, at the First Universalist Church on Hanover Street (ca.1813) and the Central Universalist Church on Bulfinch Street (1823–1840).
Further reading
Works by Dean
- A sermon preached before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery CompanyAncient and Honorable Artillery Company of MassachusettsThe Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world...
on the 177th anniversary of their election of officers Boston, June 3, 1816. - A eulogy delivered in Boylston Hall, Boston at the request of the Masonic, Handel and HaydnHandel and Haydn SocietyThe Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1815, it remains one of the oldest performing arts organizations in the United States.-Early history:...
, and Philharmonic Societies, August 19, 1819, on the character of their late friend and brother Thomas Smith WebbThomas Smith WebbThomas Smith Webb was the author of Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, a book which had a significant impact on the development of Masonic Ritual in America, and especially that of the York Rite...
, Esq. - A discourse delivered before the African Society, at their meeting-house, in Boston, Mass. on the abolition of the slave trade by the government of the United States of America, July 14, 1819. Boston: Nathaniel Coverly, 1819.
- A sermon, delivered at the installation of the Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2dHosea Ballou IIHosea Ballou II was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861. He promoted the establishment of seminaries for religious training, something which was at that time opposed by a number of influential Universalists including his uncle Hosea...
: to the pastoral care and charge of the First Universalist Society, in Roxbury, July 26, 1821. - 120 Reasons for Being a Universalist. 1827.
- A discourse delivered at the annual election, January 4, 1832, before His Excellency Levi LincolnLevi Lincoln, Jr.Levi Lincoln, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th Governor of Massachusetts and represented the state in the U.S. Congress...
, governor, His Honor Thomas L. WinthropThomas L. WinthropThomas L. Winthrop was a Massachusetts politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1826 to 1833....
, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts. - A course of lectures in defence of the final restoration: delivered in the Bulfinch street church, Boston, in the winter of 1832.
Works about Dean
- Joseph Walker. A glance at Dean's 120 reasons for being a Universalist. 1828.
- John T. Heard, An Historical Account of Columbian Lodge (1856).
- Lemuel Willis, "Paul Dean," The Universalist (Apr 10, 1875).
- John G. Adams, Fifty Notable Years (1883).
- Peter Hughes, "A Different Treatise on Atonement: The Theology of Paul Dean," Unitarian Universalist Christian (Spr/Sum 1994).
External links
- WorldCat
- http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/pauldean.html
- http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/universalists/Paul-Dean.php