The Mystery of Christ

by Increase Mather, P J Mills (Editor), Nate Pickowicz (Editor)

Increase Mather wrote The Mystery of Christ in 1686 just one year after being named the first American born president of Harvard University and in the middle of his remarkable 62-year pastoral ministry at Second Church in Boston, Massachusetts. In Mather's words, "this book is a collection of sermons and sacramental meditations on the person, divinity, offices, and glory of Christ." This work was written in a very readable and devotional manner and intended not primarily for the advanced theologian (though they may absolutely benefit from this work as well) but the layman who desires to know Christ more.

Increase Mather (1639-1723) was a remarkable man. Mather was a brilliant intellect, voluminous author, reluctant politician, controversial university president, and faithful Congregational pastor. He wrote 130 books, negotiated with two kings (James II and William III) in an effort to secure a new charter for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, served as the first American born president of Harvard University, and ministered for 62 years in the same church (Second Church) in Boston, Massachusetts.

182 pages, Paperback

Published October 12, 2021

About the author

Increase Mather was a Puritan minister who was involved with the government of the colony, acting as ambassador-extraordinary to the courts of England. He served as President of Harvard College from 1692 to 1701, and with his son, Cotton Mather was involved in the Salem witch trials.