Nonseparating Puritans were included with the people that hoped to reform the Church of England. Moderate Puritans were also part of the group hoping to reform the church.
He was a Puritan. They didn't want to separate entirely from the Church of England. Instead, they hoped to reform the church by introducing simpler forms of worship. Credits to "The American Nation" (its a textbook)
The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay believed that the best way to reform the Church of England was to remain a part of the Church and reform it from the inside.
remain in the church and reform it from the inside
The Spanish did not reform the Anglican church. The Anglican church is English and begun by Henry when he threw out the Catholic church in England.
yes
Puritans
Reform the Anglican Church
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans
The "pilgrims" at Plymouth Colony were Separatists; they had given up on the idea of reforming the Church of England and wished to separate themselves from it.The colonists of Massachusetts Bay Colony (founded ten years later) were Puritans; they believed that the Church of England could still be reformed ("purified"). However, they did not think of themselves as "pilgrims"; the Massachusetts Bay Colony was primarily a business venture.
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.
Yes