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- In Isaac Backus
A member of the New Light Church, a Separatist sect, Backus began preaching in 1746, traveling throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts. He was ordained in 1748 and established a congregation in the precinct of Titicut, Mass. Controversy surrounding his opposition to infant baptism, however, forced him to leave in 1756.…
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