爱德华兹(1703～1758年)
Edwards, Jonathan
美国神学家，生於康乃狄克州东温莎市（East Windsor）一戒律严谨的清教徒家庭，家中共有十一个孩子，排行老五。十三岁入耶鲁学院（Yale College）就读，1727年在祖父於麻州北安普敦（Northampton）的教堂担任牧师。爱德华兹针对「唯因信而称义」（Justification by Faith Alone）布道，结果在康乃狄克河谷（Connecticut River Valley）掀起了奋兴运动（1734），同时也在1740年代影响了大觉醒运动。1750年爱德华兹因与教派理念不合被北安普敦教堂解聘，1751年任斯托克布里奇（Stockbridge）牧师。爱德华兹在接任新泽西学院（College of New Jersey，现为普林斯顿大学〔Princeton University〕）校长一职後不久即死於天花（smallpox）。身为坚定的加尔文教派（Calvinist）信仰者，他强调原罪（orginal sin）、宿命论（predestination）及皈依（conversion）的需要。他最着名的布道为「落在愤怒之神手中的罪人」（Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God），生动地唤起地狱中的罪人们不悔的命运。
English version：
1703～1758年
Edwards, Jonathan
U.S. theologian. Born in East Windsor, Conn., the fifth of 11 children in a strict Puritan home, he entered Yale College at 13. In 1727 he was named a pastor at his grandfather's church in Northampton, Mass. His sermons on “Justification by Faith Alone” gave rise to a revival in the Connecticut River Valley in 1734, and in the 1740s he was also influential in the Great Awakening. In 1750 he was dismissed from the Northampton church over a disagreement on who was eligible to take communion, and he became pastor in Stockbridge in 1751. He died of smallpox shortly after accepting the presidency of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ.). A staunch Calvinist, he emphasized original sin, predestination, and the need for conversion. His most famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” vividly evokes the fate of unrepentant sinners in hell.