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How did religion in England move from the catholic church to the puritans?
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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
What was the predominant religion of colonial Massachusetts?
Puritans from the Church of England.
Why were the puritans unhappy with the church of England-?
The Puritans were unhappy with the church of England because was very controlling and they couldn't be what religion they wanted to be.
Who argued that the Church of England was still too catholic?
PURITANS
What was the predominate religion in colonial Massachusetts?
Puritans from within the Church of England.
Protestants wanting to cleanse the Church of England of Catholic ways were known as .?
Puritans
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.
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.
Did the Puritans get rid of the Catholic Church?
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.
What is the religion Puritanism based on?
Puritanism started in the late 16th and 17th centuries. Puritans claimed that the Church of England still held remnants of the Roman Catholic Church even after settlements had been reached between the two churches. The Puritans wanted to 'purify' religion from the Roman Catholic church and it's popes. They believe it is necessary to be in a relationship with God in order to reach salvation.
What English group opposed Catholic rituals in the Protestant Church?
The Puritans thought the Church of England was too Catholic.
What protestant group wanted to reform the church in England?
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans
