Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Clayton Clayton on the Puritans

Puritans (Clayton Wilcox)




Who were the Puritans? The Puritans were a group of English Protestants around the 16th and 17th centuries, who laid the foundation of the English Reformation. They believed that the Church of England, under the rule of Queen Elizabeth, felt as if it was “incomplete.” Therefore, the Puritans sought to simplify and regulates forms of worship. Puritanism was the movement that the Puritans began in order to spread intellectual, religious, and social order into the New England Colonies.
The Puritanism movement sought to completely transform the English nation into a new a way of worship and lifestyle. As a civil war broke out in England, between the Puritans and the Church of England, the Puritans (Pilgrims)  migrated to what would be the New England Colonies in America to begin and spread their new way of worship and life.
            The goal of Puritanism was to form a close, covenant relationship with God. This relationship with God would redeem a person from sin and put them closer to salvation. Salvation would be gained from preachers who would reveal the words and teachings of God.
            Puritanism became more powerful under the rule of Edward the VI after King Henry the VIII separated the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church, but then began to fall under the rule of Queen Mary who brought back the Roman Catholic Church; forcing many Puritans into exile to Geneva.
            The overall goal of the Puritan reformation was the not separate itself from the Church of England, but rather to “purify” it to its original state; before the introduction of Catholicism.

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