No one fearedfor Benjamin's soul more than his pious parentsback in Boston, whose...
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Narrator: No one feared
for Benjamin's soul more than his pious parents
back in Boston, whose Calvinist Puritanism
espoused that salvation came solely through God's grace rather than good works and anyone who strayed
from that doctrine would be eternally damned
for Benjamin's soul more than his pious parents
back in Boston, whose Calvinist Puritanism
espoused that salvation came solely through God's grace rather than good works and anyone who strayed
from that doctrine would be eternally damned
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Narrator: No one feared
for Benjamin's soul
00:00:03.169 --> 00:00:07.038
more than his pious parents
back in Boston,
00:00:07.073 --> 00:00:10.339
whose Calvinist Puritanism
espoused that salvation
00:00:10.376 --> 00:00:13.244
came solely through God's grace
00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:15.111
rather than good works
00:00:15.148 --> 00:00:18.001
and anyone who strayed
from that doctrine
00:00:18.084 --> 00:00:20.747
would be eternally damned.
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Movie Summary
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
