America was found on circumstance of religion. The founding members of the early colonies retreated to the new world to flee religious persecution and to find freedom. Christianity affected the individual lives of colonist as well as their society. Christianity was religion of answers in the Northern Colonies.
In the Northern Colonies Christianity was freely practiced. The newly formed colonies were focused around religion. Each colony was settled central to a church. This helped the colonist adapt to their new environment. Colonist turned to religion in their time of need and questioning. They were in a new and scary place. They needed a form of answers to keep them sane.
A famous columnist, Mary Rowlandson, turned to religion in her time …show more content…
The Puritans saw themselves as the chosen people from God. They believed they were the new Isreilites and had a covenant with him. They saw other religions as unimportant and wrong. They would outcast anyone who was practicing Christianity to their standards as well as anyone else of a different religion. Puritans were judgemental because they were trying to protect themselves as a result of their persecution in Europe. In John Winthrop’s “A Model of a Christian Charity” his entry dated January 11th 1636, describes someone 's faith as an infection, “The reason was because he has drawn above twenty persons to his opinion and they were intended to erect a plantation about the Narragansett Bay, from where the infection would easily spread into these churches (the people being many of them much taken with apprehension of Godliness”. This passage explains how someone is trying to teach his religious opinion and immediately thought of as wrong. Winthrop calls this person’s faith an infection that is easily spread. He immediately jumps to the conclusion that this person’s faith is detrimental to his people and could revise his community. This shows the closed minded ness of
In the Northern Colonies Christianity was freely practiced. The newly formed colonies were focused around religion. Each colony was settled central to a church. This helped the colonist adapt to their new environment. Colonist turned to religion in their time of need and questioning. They were in a new and scary place. They needed a form of answers to keep them sane.
A famous columnist, Mary Rowlandson, turned to religion in her time …show more content…
The Puritans saw themselves as the chosen people from God. They believed they were the new Isreilites and had a covenant with him. They saw other religions as unimportant and wrong. They would outcast anyone who was practicing Christianity to their standards as well as anyone else of a different religion. Puritans were judgemental because they were trying to protect themselves as a result of their persecution in Europe. In John Winthrop’s “A Model of a Christian Charity” his entry dated January 11th 1636, describes someone 's faith as an infection, “The reason was because he has drawn above twenty persons to his opinion and they were intended to erect a plantation about the Narragansett Bay, from where the infection would easily spread into these churches (the people being many of them much taken with apprehension of Godliness”. This passage explains how someone is trying to teach his religious opinion and immediately thought of as wrong. Winthrop calls this person’s faith an infection that is easily spread. He immediately jumps to the conclusion that this person’s faith is detrimental to his people and could revise his community. This shows the closed minded ness of