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Even in free America, Allen had a very difficult time getting this work printed because it was so controversial culturally and religiously. However, there was a large population of Unitarians in America at the time and Allen’s view was not that unusual. Some of the founding fathers like Adams and Jeffersion were deists who not only did not believe in the trinity but questioned the divinity of Christ.


John Milton
John Milton
  • Born: December 9, 1608
  • Died: November 8, 1674
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Intellectual, Civil Servant

John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.