ips ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁court ▁entirely ▁within ▁the ▁same ▁month . ▁Six ▁months ▁later , ▁the ▁Super ior ▁Court ▁of ▁Massachusetts ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁remaining ▁w itch craft ▁cases ▁and ▁no ▁one ▁else ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁there after . ▁Although ▁Br attle ' s ▁letter ▁was ▁written ▁after ▁ 2 0 ▁people ▁were ▁already ▁wrong fully ▁conv icted , ▁his ▁powerful ▁letter ▁helped ▁shape ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁S alem . ▁ ▁Church ▁Re formation ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁reaction ▁toward ▁the ological , ▁political , ▁and ▁cultural ▁transformations ▁that ▁affected ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁New ▁England ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Br attle ▁Street ▁Church ▁was ▁formed ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁radical ▁development ▁in ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁colonial ▁con greg ational ism ▁- ▁bringing ▁reason ▁and ▁religion ▁together ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁church . ▁The ▁Cong reg ational ▁Church ▁was ▁broad ly ▁c atholic , ▁but ▁used ▁conserv ative ▁principles ▁of ▁con greg ational ism ▁( that ▁just ▁liberty ▁and ▁privile ge ▁should ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁all , ▁while ▁impos ing ▁nothing ▁upon ▁an ▁individual ). ▁Although ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁any ▁radical ▁changes ▁from ▁contemporary ▁the ological ▁cons ensus ▁- ▁its ▁foundation ▁did ▁represent ▁the ▁first ▁concrete ▁fragment ation ▁of ▁a ▁previously ▁un ited ▁New ▁England ▁Cong reg ational ▁Community . ▁ ▁Out side ▁of ▁his ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁S alem ▁w itch ▁tri als , ▁Br attle ▁and ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁William ▁provided ▁new ▁radical ▁ideas ▁that ▁the ▁Pur itan ▁Church ▁did