Puritans

Junior Year Literature

The Puritans were a group of people who felt the _____________________________ had become corrupt.

Church of England and her priests

Puritans worked towards what?

Religious, moral, and societal reforms

Puritans believes the church of England had gone away from ______.

God

Puritans beloved the church had become a product of what?

political struggles and man-made doctrine

Puritans wanted worship to be simple, headed toward the exclusion of…

Fancy Robes, Images, and Candles

What did Puritans not celebrate?

Traditional Holidays

Who could have a direct relationship with God?

Any member of the church

What did the Puritans strip away?

tradditional trappings and formalities of christianity

Traditional trappings and formalities of Christianity had slowly building throughout the previous _______ years.

1500

Examples of Traditional trappings and formalities of Christianity were…

gold threaded robes for priests, elaborate decorated churches, stained glass windows, and having to go through saints and priests to get to God

Most of the Puritans settled where?

New England

Puritans believed in predestinations, what is that?

that God had already chosen who would be in heaven and who would be in hell, each believer had no way of knowing which one they were in

Any deviations from the normal way of puritan life was met with what?

strict disapproval and discipline

What flowed from the mouths of eloquent ministers?

words of hell fire and brimestone

What did priests warn of?

the persuasiveness of the devils power

What are Puritans often associated with?

The Salem Witch Trials and burning of both men and women at the stake