A Town Called Plainfield
Lambert: Plainfield's Universalist Society
Housing churches before giving way to restaurants, a Lockport Street building was home to the Universalist Society in 19th Century Plainfield.
The Inquiry After the Village of Plainfield purchased the former Baci Ristorante building, some identified the structure as the Universalist Church. A Plainfield Patch reader asked, “What was the Universalist Church? Why and when did it disappear?” The Facts Universalism took its name from its distinguishing doctrine of universal salvation. Universalists believed that the God of love would not create a human being if that person would be destined for eternal damnation. As a form of religious liberalism, Universalists embraced the theological doctrine that all souls ultimately will be saved and that there are no torments of Hell. During the late 18th Century, Universalism developed in three distinct areas of the eastern United States. The…
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