John Codman

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John Codman

1782–1847

A prominent Boston-area Congregational minister, he led the Second Church in Dorchester for nearly four decades and became a well-known voice in New England religious life. His career touched the tensions of early 19th-century American Protestantism, giving his sermons and memoir a strong historical pull.

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An Address Delivered at the Interment of Mrs. Harriet Storrs, Consort of Rev. Richard S. Storrs, Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1834.

An Address Delivered at the Interment of Mrs. Harriet Storrs, Consort of Rev. Richard S. Storrs, Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1834.

by John Codman

About the author

Born in Boston in 1782, John Codman studied at Harvard and later continued his theological education in Edinburgh. He was ordained on December 7, 1808, as the first minister of the Second Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a post he held for the rest of his life.

Codman became known as an able and influential Congregational pastor. Contemporary accounts describe his ministry in Dorchester as long and successful, and his published sermons show how active he was in the religious debates of his day. He died in Dorchester on December 23, 1847.

Readers coming to his work today will find more than period preaching. His writing opens a window onto New England church life, public faith, and the moral questions that shaped the early republic.