In the 16th century, the Puritans were recognized as a group of Protestants who wanted to work towards societal, moral and religious reforms for the Church of England. They also wanted more strictness in the religious discipline area and the simplification of doctrine and worship. They believed that God’s true law was the bible and provided them the layout for their life. Their thoughts on the Anglican Church were that it still used many of the unscriptural practices that Roman Catholicism had once utilized. Puritans removed the traditional rituals and decorations that have been created for Christianity over the years as they wanted to create their own churches and own lives. Their colonies, in their eyes, weren’t a place that they could properly
