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puritans
By Xiong Dan
A Brief Introduction of Puritanism
Puritanism started in the sixteenth century as a movement to reform the Church of England. Puritanism accepted the interpretations of John Calvin (1509-64) on the nature of man, free will (自由意志)and predestination(预定论), and other basic concepts, which had a profound influence on the social, political, ethical, and theological ideas of England and America.
The Background: Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that began in Germany in the 16th century as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, which resulted in the creation of the Pretestant.
Henry viii (1491-1547)
Reformation and Counter Reformation in Europe. Protestant lands in blue (with gains and the losses due to the Counter Reformation), Roman Catholic in olive.
Puritans
Puritans was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church; they wanted to “purify” their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence.
Doctrines of Puritans
taking religion as the most important thing;
living for glorifying God;
Believing:
predestination (预定论)
original sin
total depravity
d. limited atonement & the “elect”
Puritan values (creeds):
Hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety, simple tastes.
Puritans are more practical, tougher, and to be ever ready for any misfortune and tragic failure.
They are optimistic.
History(1): Persecution
During the reign of James I, the Presbyterian majority essfully attempted to impose their ideas on the established English church at the Hampton Court Conference (1604). The result was mutual disaffection and a persecution of the Puritans, that brought about Puritan migration to Europe (Holland) and America( the Plymouth Colony in what is now southeastern Massachusetts).
While In England other Puritans continue