The accused witch Mary Bliss Parsons, of Northampton, Massachusetts, was the opposite of Webster. The following account of Mary Bliss Parsons caught my eye. … Recalling Eve and her sinful apple, Puritans also believed that women were more likely to be tempted by the Devil. As historian John Demos has established, the few Puritan men tried for witchcraft were mostly the husbands or brothers of alleged female witches. Karlsen’s “The Devil in the Shape of a Woman,” 78% of 344 alleged witches in New England were female.Īnd even when men faced allegations of witchcraft, it was typically because they were somehow associated with accused women. In Salem, 14 of the 19 people found guilty of and executed for witchcraft during that cataclysmic year of 1692 were women.Īcross New England, where witch trials occurred somewhat regularly from 1638 until 1725, women vastly outnumbered men in the ranks of the accused and executed. Perhaps the most salient point about witch trials, students quickly come to see, is gender. 🙂 Why do they always assume witches are females? I found this fascinating article: Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting the powerless. Coming from Salem, I take this seriously. I kept hoping he would say one of their names so I could call her. This video went viral, and the comments on Twitter were amusing. Here is the video posted by Hermant Mehta on Twitter.Įarlier today, Pastor Greg Locke threatened to expose the six witches who are members of his church. I envisioned people wearing garlic around their necks and carrying crosses.
Two were supposedly in his wife’s Bible study. Recently, he proclaimed that there were “witches” in his church. Unfortunately, Locke has attracted the attention of the news media due to his unusual proclamations. Recently, he discovered that six witches were in his church. (6) We believe that Baptism is a fundamental step of obedience in our walk with Christ.
(5) We believe that the local New Testament Church is God’s ordained institution.4) We believe in the Bible doctrine of the Trinity.
(3) We believe in the eternal salvation of all believers.
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