TULIP - Puritan Beliefs

Efficiency

________: Sufficient for all (shouldve been enough) but not effective for all (didnt save all of humanity)

Predestination

________: NOT the same as Fate, God saves every person upon whom He has mercy.

Great Schism

________ (1054): Over disagreements abt iconoclasm & the authority of the pope.

Protestant Reformation

________: Began when Henry VIII breaks off from the Church to form the Anglican Church /Church of England so that he could divorce his wife.

Eve

________ eats the fruit and gives some to Adam (women are more easily influenced)

Unconditional Election

________: God has chosen from eternity those who will have salvation and who wont; not based on virtue, merit (accomplishments), or faith, but Gods mercy alone.

Puritans

________ believe in salvation by: Faith as opposed to salvation by merit /works.

Sanctification

________: Holy behavior that results when one is saved.

TULIP

________: Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perseverance of the Saints.

Scarlet Letter

________ takes place during…: English Civil War when Puritans had power over England for a little bit.

Separatism

________: Separate from the Church.

Gift of Gods Grace

Justification: ________ given to the Elect.

Irresistible Grace

________: Undeserved forgiveness and mercy is irresistible /unavoidable to ppl.

Great Schism (1054)

Over disagreements abt iconoclasm & the authority of the pope

Protestant Reformation

Began when Henry VIII breaks off from the Church to form the Anglican Church/Church of England so that he could divorce his wife

Religion

Belief vs. Practices/Worship

Separatism

Separate from the Church

Puritanism/Puritans

Wanted to purify/reform Church of England/Anglican Church b/c believed it was too similar to Cath

Puritans left England and traveled to Massachusetts Bay so

that they could have religious homogeny

John Winthrop

2nd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Scarlet Letter takes place during…

English Civil War when Puritans had power over England for a little bit

God communicates through

the Word of God/Bible and when a minister preached behind a pulpit

Puritans valued education but…

Believed that ppl don't know anything abt God unless God tells them, and shouldn't try to know/figure out/comprehend anything that God didn't reveal like the natural sciences

Predestination 

NOT the same as Fate, God saves every person upon whom He has mercy. Before time began, He chose who would earn salvation/heaven, nothing humans can do to change that, not even wrongdoing or repentance; Can’t work your way into heaven, your actions cannot help you get into heaven, God has already chosen where you’’ll go. No choice on whether you’ll believe in God or not, it is determined before time began

Elect

People God chose to save

Justification

Gift of God's Grace given to the Elect

Sanctification

Holy behavior that results when one is saved

Ppl know if they're an Elect by

How they act

Actions don't earn you Salvation, but

Actions let you know whether or not youre an Elect

TULIP

Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perseverance of the Saints

Total Depravity

Rooted in the story of Adam in Eve in the Garden of Eden; everyone is inherently evil and wicked; all people morally unable to choose to follow God (no one deserves Gods Grace and Forgiveness); Everyone is totally corrupt, as a whole and as individuals

Original sin

Eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, bringing sin, suffering, and death into the world; Sin affects every part of us

Unconditional Election

God has chosen from eternity those who will have salvation and who won't; not based on virtue, merit (accomplishments), or faith, but God's mercy alone

Puritans believe in salvation by

Faith as opposed to salvation by merit/works

Limited Atonement

Puritans believed that original sin happened but it was forgiven when Jesus was crucified and forgave all sin (only happened once and only applied to some ppl and some circumstances); Atonement not for all

Moment of crucifixion

Sufficiency vs

Efficiency

Sufficient for all (shouldve been enough) but not effective for all (didnt save all of humanity)

Irresistible Grace

Undeserved forgiveness and mercy is irresistible/unavoidable to ppl

For the Elect, Grace overcomes

Resistance by obeying call of Gospel; outward call (words, appearances) can be rejected but inward call cannot

Perseverance of the Saints

Saints/Elect succeed no matter what; those whom God has called into communion with Him will not fail, if they do, they never had true faith. If they are saved but not presently walking in the spirit, they will be divinely chastened and will repent

Faith vs. Religion

Belief vs. Practices/Worship

Sufficiency vs. Efficiency

Moment of crucifixion; Sufficient for all (should’ve been enough) but not effective for all (didn’t save all of humanity)