Misconceptions In The Scarlett Letter

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Faith is taking the first step without seeing the whole staircase” which can relate to the 1600’s. There were numerous divergent individuals who incorporated their own concepts. These individuals were the Puritans,Congregationalists,and the Wampanoag people. However,there were many people that went against the numerous individuals and followed their own path. Some of these individuals can be found in The Scarlet Letter. Puritans are a great example of people incorporating their own concepts. According to the History.com crew “Puritanism was a religious reform movement that arose within the church of England in the late sixteenth century.”The Puritans believed that satan was acting in the world at times of trouble therefore when certain incidences happened people were accused of witchcraft. In the famously known Salem Witch Trials nineteen individuals were convicted of witchcraft and were mournfully hung. The nineteen individuals were hung because Puritans believed that witchcraft was the work of the devil and they believed in pure bible and education. Puritanism was “a way of being in …show more content…
According to an independent church founded in 1853(The Tapton Hill Congregational Church) Congregationalists were believers “in the mainstream of Christianity and belong to what is sometimes known as the ‘Free Church’ tradition.”Congregationalism is a belief in which the members are in charge.They believe that pastors are there to serve church members, not to have authority over them.The highest authority in Congregational Churches is the Church Meeting.The meeting is made up of all members of the local church. The church meeting is where Congregationalists come together to join,pray,and try to see where God is leading them. Congregationalists come together as a vast divergent group of individuals incorporating their concepts via practicing their