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    Gilbert Tennent (5 February 1703 – 23 July 1764) was a Presbyterian revivalist minister in Colonial America. Born into a Scotch-Irish family in County...
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    them." Whitefield met Gilbert Tennent on Staten Island and asked him to preach in Boston to continue the revival there. Tennent accepted and, in December...
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  • developmental biologist Gilbert Tennent (1703–1764), Irish Presbyterian clergyman H. M. Tennent (1879–1941), British theatre impresario Hector Tennent (1842–1904)...
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  • movements and denominations. George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, and Gilbert Tennent were influential during the First Great Awakening. Some of the influential...
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    (from Z. visit in North America) of Count Z. opinions can be found in: Gilbert Tennent: "Some account of the Principles of the Moravians", London 1743. By...
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    William Tennent (1673 – May 6, 1746) was an early Scottish American Presbyterian minister and educator in British North America. Tennent was born in Mid...
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    had been prompted by visiting preachers such as George Whitefield, Gilbert Tennent, Ebenezer Pemberton and James Davenport, to be excessive. Brainerd...
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  • the 1730s and the 1770s. Three important preachers of the times were Gilbert Tennent (1703–65), Jonathan Edwards (1703–58), and George Whitefield (1714–70)...
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  • minister and future president of Princeton University. In New Jersey, Gilbert Tennent, another Presbyterian minister, was preaching the evangelical message...
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    major impact on American Presbyterians. Ministers such as William and Gilbert Tennent, a friend of George Whitefield, emphasized the necessity of a conscious...
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  • 1738. It was around this time that he met Presbyterian revivalist Gilbert Tennent and English evangelical George Whitefield. The success of Whitefield's...
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    and Gilbert Tennent emphasized the necessity of a conscious conversion experience and the need for higher moral standards among the clergy. Gilbert Tennent...
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  • of American History 59 (1972): 327–340. in JSTOR Coalter, Milton J. Gilbert Tennent, Son of Thunder: A Case Study of Continental Pietism's Impact on the...
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  • the revivalistic measures taken by fellow Presbyterian pastors such Gilbert Tennent. For his efforts he was often called ‘unconverted’ and received much...
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    University; Log College alumni Samuel Blair, Samuel Finley, Gilbert Tennent, and William Tennent, Jr. would become among the first trustees of a newly formed...
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    Colonies. His ministry was greatly assisted through the efforts of Gilbert Tennent and George Whitefield. He sought to evangelize the Raritan Valley through...
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  • minister of the Great Awakening, and other itinerant teachers such as Gilbert Tennent. Rev. Joseph Noyes, pastor in New Haven, invited James Davenport to...
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    Reformed minister Theodore Frelinghuysen and Presbyterian minister Gilbert Tennent led revivals. The English evangelist George Whitefield was responsible...
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    comparison of founding dates, a Log College was operated by William and Gilbert Tennent, the Presbyterian ministers, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1726...
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    Whitefield was followed by the itinerant preacher and Presbyterian minister Gilbert Tennent and dozens of other itinerants. Initially, the Awakening's strongest...
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  • 1696) 1650 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708) 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764) 1723 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American...
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  • for not requiring narratives or preaching the terrors of the law. Gilbert Tennent at least believed that some ministers were unconverted and that people...
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    Scotch-Irish revivalist tradition, evangelical ministers such as William and Gilbert Tennent emphasized the necessity of a conscious conversion experience and the...
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    – Tsar Ivan VI of Russia (murdered in prison) (b. 1740) July 23 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703) September 2 – Nathaniel Bliss...
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    in the United States of America. William Tennent Sr. of the Log College, Gilbert Tennent and William Tennent Jr. of the College of New Jersey, and Jonathan...
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  • Peyster (1695–1753), who was married to Matthew Clarkson (1699–1739) and Gilbert Tennent (1703–1764), Gerardus de Peyster (b. 1697), who married Eva van Nuys...
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  • British royal circle, Member of Parliament (d. 1773) February 5 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764) February 8 Corrado Giaquinto...
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  • the American colonies, Irish Presbyterian revivalists William and Gilbert Tennent presided over the communion festivals, while Congregationalist David...
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    – Tsar Ivan VI of Russia (murdered in prison) (b. 1740) July 23 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703) September 2 – Nathaniel Bliss...
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    Peyster (1695–1753), who was married to Matthew Clarkson (1699–1739) and Gilbert Tennent (1703–1764), Gerardus de Peyster (b. 1697), who married Eva van Nuys...
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