What Role Did Christianity Play In Puritan Life

The role of Christianity in a Puritan’s everyday life was very important throughout their daily routine. Unlike Christians in today’s society they ate, slept, and breathed the Bible and thought that everything they encountered throughout their day was because God was punishing them or because God was praising them. Even though these Puritans lived this way at times they would lose track of what the true meaning of the Bible was and do ungodly things causing corruption in a puritan town. So, these Puritan’s believed very highly of themselves and thought that they had it all figured out and that everyone else needed to follow their lead. They believed that the Catholic Churches had lost their way and the only way for the corruption in England to subside was to move to the New World and start their own village and church as an example to be followed by. These Puritans believed that they were supposed to show the Catholic Churches in England the true way of living and considered themselves prime examples for all to look up to. Little did they know …show more content…
They never had fun because if they did God would punish them and if anything bad were to happen to them they believed it was because God was angry with them. These people did not live happy lives because they feared everything around them instead of enjoy their time on earth. Even though these people were such extremist they have had a big impact on the world because of their writings. Puritans would write everything down and because of this their writings and stories are now taught and read in today’s society. Today society also takes some of the Puritans teachings, some Puritan influence has found its way into the United States government and people’s everyday lives on what is morally right and wrong. In conclusion the Puritans even though quite radical have taught some valuable lessons in everyday lives here in America and all around the