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The Puritans did not come to America to establish a theocracy, but neither did they institute religious freedom. Puritans believed that the state was obligated to protect society from heresy, and it was empowered to use corporal punishment, banishment, and execution.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century. They believed the Church of England was too...
Oct 11, 2010 · In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking ...
Nov 8, 2007 · Puritanism was founded on, among other things, a belief in God’s supreme authority as expressed in the Bible, simplicity in worship, and opposition to the supremacy of a monarch in the church. Congregational Puritans emphasized representative church government and often took the form of separatist groups that fully repudiated the Church of England.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that was known for the intensity of the religious experience that it fostered. Puritans’ efforts contributed to both civil war in England and the founding of colonies in America. Learn more about Puritanism, its history, and beliefs.
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Jan 12, 2021 · The Puritan. Metropolitan Museum of Art (Copyright) The Puritans were English Protestant Christians, primarily active in the 16th-18th centuries CE, who claimed the Anglican Church had not distanced itself sufficiently from Catholicism and sought to 'purify' it of Catholic practices. The term was originally an insult used by Anglicans to refer ...
Overview. Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to "purifying" the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.
