Jonathan Todd

Jonathan Todd (1713–1791) was a prominent Connecticut clergyman and theologian whose sermon "Civil Rulers the Ministers of God" exemplified the Reformed Protestant engagement with political authority during the American colonial period. His work synthesized Calvinist theology with emerging ideas about civil governance, arguing for the divine sanction of magistrates while maintaining the church's prophetic voice in moral matters. Todd's theological contributions reflected the intellectual currents of mid-eighteenth-century New England Congregationalism and influenced contemporary debates over the relationship between religious and secular authority.