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No they were most definitely not Catholic, the Puritans found the Church of England (which was and is a protestant Church) to be "too Popish" (too Catholic) for their taste, so they left England and started their own nation, which eventually became the United States.
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∙ 14y agoNo. Puritanism was a response to percieved corruptness and popery in the Anglican Church and an attempt to purify that church.
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∙ 9y agoSome of the Puritans were Calvinists. The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, which did include some that were English Calvinists.
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∙ 12y agoNo, Puritans are not Catholics. They are a sect that broke with the Church of England. They are Protestant Protestants.
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What did the Puritans hope to do to the Church of England?
The puritans wanted to purify the catholic church of the Quakers
Who wanted to cleanse the Church of England of their Catholic ways?
Roman Catholic AnswerInitially it was Thomas Cromwall (the prime minster under Henry VIII) and Thomas Cramner (the Archbishop of Canterbuy) who tried to "cleanse" their new protestant church from Catholic influences. But it got very bad under James 1 and Charles I, under whom, the Puritans arose and wanted to rid the Established Chuch of every vestige of Catholic influence.
Where would the Puritans be tried?
the catholic church
Who wanted to reform the Anglican church?
The Puritans had sought to reform the Anglican Church. They believed that the Church of England had not gone far enough in separating itself from Roman Catholicism, and believed the church still pushed forward a lot of catholic based doctrine.
Were the early puritans supporters of the Roman Catholic Church?
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . Of course not, the puritans were protestants who couldn't even abide the Anglican Church, must less the Catholic Church!
Why did puritans reject the catholic church?
Puritans rejected the Catholic Church because they believed it was corrupt, emphasizing simplicity in religious practice and governance. They sought to purify the Church of England from what they perceived as remnants of Catholicism.
Who argued that the Church of England was still too catholic?
PURITANS
What English group opposed Catholic rituals in the Protestant Church?
The Puritans thought the Church of England was too Catholic.
Protestants wanting to cleanse the Church of England of Catholic ways were known as .?
Puritans
Why did the Puritans leave England?
They left to find religious freedom. The Church of England was no friendlier to Puritans than were the Catholic regions of Europe. They were widely restricted and persecuted.
What protestant group wanted to reform the church in England?
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans
Who were the puritans and what did they do in regards to the Church of England?
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, including English Calvinists. Puritans felt that the English Reformation had not gone far enough, and that the Church of England was still too tolerant of practices which they associated with the Catholic Church. Puritans were fundamentally anti-Catholic and felt that the Church of England was still too close to Catholicism and needed to be reformed further. Puritans were unable to have these reforms implemented and most left the Church of England and many emigrated overseas. Particularly in the years after 1630, Puritans left for America, supporting the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other settlements.
