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Jan 4, 2022 · The Pilgrims were Calvinists and Congregationalists. They were radical Puritans and held mostly Puritan beliefs about God, the Bible, church government, morality, and the world around them. The difference between the Pilgrims and the non-Separatist Puritans who remained in England was their perspective on the Church of England.
- The Pilgrims in England
- The Pilgrims in America
- The Pilgrims' Religion and Thanksgiving
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Persecution of the Pilgrims, or Puritan Separatists as they were called then, began in England under the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). She was determined to stamp out any opposition to the Church of England or Anglican Church. The Pilgrims were part of that opposition. They were English Protestants influenced by John Calvin and wanted to "purif...
In their colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Pilgrims could practice their religion without hindrance. These were their key beliefs: Sacraments: The Pilgrims' religion included only two sacraments: infant baptism and the Lord's Supper. They thought the sacraments practiced by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches(confession, penance, confirma...
About 100 Pilgrims sailed to North America on the Mayflower. After a harsh winter, by the spring of 1621, nearly half of them had died. People of the Wampanoag Nation taught them how to fish and grow crops. Consistent with their single-minded faith, the Pilgrims gave God the credit for their survival, not themselves or the Wampanoag. They celebrate...
“History of the Mayflower.” http://mayflowerhistory.com/history-of-the-mayflower.Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics, reformed.org.Dictionary of Christianity in America.Quest for Pure Christianity. Christian History Magazine-Issue 41: The American Puritans.- Jack Zavada
The Pilgrims were Protestants who traced their theological heritage back to John Calvin and Calvinism. They believed in predestination, the election by God, before creation, of the saved and the lost. Pilgrims used John Calvin’s Geneva translation of the Bible. Pilgrims practiced only two sacraments, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
Sep 19, 2022 · Both Pilgrims and Puritans found religious freedom, economic growth, and adventure in colonial America. They were challenged with serious illness, hunger, and danger from the unknown wilderness and its people. Their religious beliefs united both groups of colonists, holding them together spiritually in their struggle to survive.
- Betty Dunn
Here, pilgrims could pray and reflect on the life and miracles performed by Jesus. Early Christian pilgrims not only sought to visit sites where Biblical events occurred, they were motivated to travel long distances in order to see objects associated with Jesus and his notable followers.
Oct 26, 2022 · The Pilgrims believed that the Scriptures established the right of men to associate freely and to covenant to form a church and civil government. As Dr. Paul Jehle writes, this understanding of covenant comes straight from the scripture: Since the Pilgrims were children of the Reformation, their view of covenant came from the Bible.
Jan 30, 2024 · Scripture affirms that Christians are pilgrims. In the paradigmatic covenant made with our father Abraham, God promised him Canaan as “the land of your sojournings” (Gen. 17:8). And in the New Testament, Peter reflects the same idea when he describes his readers as “elect exiles” (1 Peter 1:1; cf. 1:17, “the time of your exile”).
