Puritan New England Puritan 1capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the.

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Puritan New England Puritan 1capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England 2: one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails

The Beginning 1560 Protestant sought to “purify” Church of England Holland New World 1620 Mayflower Compact

Tenets (Basic Beliefs) personal, inner experience neither church nor government all are sinners Jesus Christ came to save, but who is “elect” “inner arrival” reborn

TULIP total depravity unconditional election limited atonement irresistable grace perseverance of the saints

Ideals self-reliance industry temperance simplicity education

Bible essential daily living direction, not force read on one’s own

Government by Contract covenant enter freely into government rather than by force inherent problems Salem

Universities originally for training of Puritan ministers Harvard 1636 William and Mary 1693 Yale 1701 Princeton 1746 women mid 20th c Oberlin College 1833

Puritan Writers - Function transform a mysterious God make God relevant glorify God

Writing - Style Protestant purposeful reflected character and scope of reading public

Writing - Common Themes idealism - religious and political pragmatism - practical and purposeful

Age of Reason - Enlightenment Newton - God as a clockmaker Puritans - intimate and mysterious Age of Reason - born in practicality