The Puritans
This thesis is going to talk about The Puritans and their kind of society to the new world, and their religion.
Puritans are a complex religious group who are defined by their beliefs, and their hope to establish a society in the new world. They are known to be a religious minority group who believed that the Church of England needed to be purified of the influence of Catholicism. During the early 1600s, their religious faith was made in England. The Puritans believed that the Anglican Church, the state's religious institution of England, needed to be purified of the influence of the Catholic religious faith. In 1630, a group of Puritans, migrated to the New World after they were denied by the inability to purify the church.
Puritans believed that God had formed a unique covenant, or agreement, with them. They believed that God expected them to live …show more content…
This is the portion of every believer." –Samuel Willard
The seriousness in the Puritan religion caused them put limits on how they viewed the pleasures of life. For the most part, they were conservative, condemning drunkenness and gluttony. But they didn't despise food. The Puritan preacher Thomas Watson wrote in his sermon "Man's Chief End is to Glorify God" that God "gives us health, which is the sauce to sweeten our life; and food, which is the oil that nourishes the lamp of life. If all we receive is from his bounty, is it not reasonable we should glorify him?"
For Puritans, the Bible was God’s connection read by humans every day.. In fact, Puritans believed in a “living” Bible and were convinced that their settlement of the New World was the modern equivalent to the struggles of the ancient Israelites. Additionally, they believed the world was alive with revelations from God. Nothing was insignificant. A roach crawling across the floor or a bad snow storm were seen as messages from
This thesis is going to talk about The Puritans and their kind of society to the new world, and their religion.
Puritans are a complex religious group who are defined by their beliefs, and their hope to establish a society in the new world. They are known to be a religious minority group who believed that the Church of England needed to be purified of the influence of Catholicism. During the early 1600s, their religious faith was made in England. The Puritans believed that the Anglican Church, the state's religious institution of England, needed to be purified of the influence of the Catholic religious faith. In 1630, a group of Puritans, migrated to the New World after they were denied by the inability to purify the church.
Puritans believed that God had formed a unique covenant, or agreement, with them. They believed that God expected them to live …show more content…
This is the portion of every believer." –Samuel Willard
The seriousness in the Puritan religion caused them put limits on how they viewed the pleasures of life. For the most part, they were conservative, condemning drunkenness and gluttony. But they didn't despise food. The Puritan preacher Thomas Watson wrote in his sermon "Man's Chief End is to Glorify God" that God "gives us health, which is the sauce to sweeten our life; and food, which is the oil that nourishes the lamp of life. If all we receive is from his bounty, is it not reasonable we should glorify him?"
For Puritans, the Bible was God’s connection read by humans every day.. In fact, Puritans believed in a “living” Bible and were convinced that their settlement of the New World was the modern equivalent to the struggles of the ancient Israelites. Additionally, they believed the world was alive with revelations from God. Nothing was insignificant. A roach crawling across the floor or a bad snow storm were seen as messages from