Samuel Moodey

Samuel Moodey (1665–1747) was a prominent New England Congregationalist minister whose theological writings, particularly his election sermons, exemplified the Puritan intellectual tradition during the early eighteenth century. His work engaged with contemporary debates surrounding divine sovereignty, covenant theology, and the relationship between civil and ecclesiastical authority in colonial Massachusetts. Moodey's sermons represent an important transitional moment in American religious thought, bridging the doctrinal concerns of first-generation Puritanism with the emerging theological challenges of the Great Awakening era.