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Puritan New England

Puritan New England. Puritan 1capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England

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Puritan New England

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  1. Puritan New England Puritan 1capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England 2: one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails

  2. The Beginning • 1560 • Protestant • sought to “purify” Church of England • Holland • New World • 1620 Mayflower Compact

  3. Tenets (Basic Beliefs) • personal, inner experience • neither church nor government • all are sinners • Jesus Christ came to save, but who is “elect” • “inner arrival” • reborn

  4. TULIP • total depravity • unconditional election • limited atonement • irresistable grace • perseverance of the saints

  5. Ideals • self-reliance • industry • temperance • simplicity • education

  6. Bible • essential • daily living • direction, not force • read on one’s own

  7. Government by Contract • covenant • enter freely into government rather than by force • inherent problems • 1692 - Salem

  8. Universities • originally for training of Puritan ministers • Harvard 1636 • William and Mary 1693 • Yale 1701 • Princeton 1746 • women mid 20th c • Oberlin College 1833

  9. Puritan Writers - Function • transform a mysterious God • make God relevant • glorify God

  10. Writing - Style • Protestant • purposeful • reflected character and scope of reading public

  11. Writing - Common Themes • idealism - religious and political • pragmatism - practical and purposeful

  12. Age of Reason - Enlightenment • Newton - God as a clockmaker • Puritans - intimate and mysterious • Age of Reason - born in practicality

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