Hosea Ballou 2d

Hosea Ballou 2d (1796-1861), a grand-nephew of the Universalist leader Hosea Ballou, was born in Guilford, Vermont, and became one of the denomination's foremost scholars. He served Universalist parishes in Stafford, Connecticut, and in Roxbury and Medford, Massachusetts, while editing the Universalist Expositor and the Universalist Quarterly. His Ancient History of Universalism (1829) traced belief in universal salvation from the apostolic age to the fifth general council. In 1853 he became the first president of Tufts College, where he also taught history, and he held the office until his death in 1861.

The scholarly grand-nephew's contribution to Universalist psalmody: a collection 'for the use of Universalist societies and families' compiled by Hosea Ballou 2d and issued by B. B. Mussey in many printings through the 1840s. More literary in taste than its predecessors, it drew on the broader English hymn tradition and held its place until the Adams–Chapin hymnal swept the field.

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The first serious work of historical scholarship produced by the American Universalist movement. Hosea Ballou 2d — grand-nephew of the theologian and later the first president of Tufts College — traces the doctrine of universal salvation from the apostles through the church fathers to the Fifth General Council of 553, with an appendix carrying the story to the Reformation. Its careful use of patristic sources won respect well beyond the denomination, and it remained the standard treatment for decades.

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