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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.
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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
Where would the Puritans be tried?
the catholic church
What church did the Protestants reject during the Reformation?
The Catholic Church
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!
Who argued that the Church of England was still too catholic?
PURITANS
Why did the Puritans reject both Catholic and Anglican Churches?
First of all to reject the Anglican Church is to reject the Catholic Church, because that is what the Anglican Church is! Or at least a manifestation of the Body of Christ! The Church came to this country according to some sources, [Lingard, a Roman Scholar, ] just after the Death of Christ. He also reminds us that our first Bishop was Aristobulos, a friend of S. Pauls.The Puritans found all of this time wasting and irrelevant. They didn't agree with set liturgies and controlled prayer, they believed in a more personal approach to the Saviour. They didn't bother to take care of the church buildings or believe in what Our Bishop and martyr Bl, William Laud,] called ,'The beauty of holiness,'. They rejected the Real Presence and prayers to the Saints and Holy people of God, they had no thought for Tradition and the Holy Councils.Roman Catholic AnswerThe puritans rejected the Anglican Church because it was the established Church of England and they thought that when they had left the Catholic Church they had not left enough of its rituals and beliefs behind. They rejected the Catholic Church, ultimately due to man's sinful nature. They could not accept that the Catholic Church taught with the voice of Jesus, and they felt that their own interpretation of The Bible was enough to ensure their salvation. The sad thing is that in rejecting His Church, they were being disobedient to the very Bible they were claiming had the answers: Jesus said, "He who hears you, hears Me; he who rejects you, rejects Me."
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.
Did the Church of England reject most of Catholic rituals and traditions?
the Calvinists
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
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.
Why did the Puritans want to themselves rid of the Roman Catholic Church?
First of all to reject the Anglican Church is to reject the Catholic Church, because that is what the Anglican Church is! Or at least a manifestation of the Body of Christ! The Church came to this country according to some sources, [Lingard, a Roman Scholar, ] just after the Death of Christ. He also reminds us that our first Bishop was Aristobulos, a friend of S. Pauls.The Puritans found all of this time wasting and irrelevant. They didn't agree with set liturgies and controlled prayer, they believed in a more personal approach to the Saviour. They didn't bother to take care of the church buildings or believe in what Our Bishop and martyr Bl, William Laud,] called ,'The beauty of holiness,'. They rejected the Real Presence and prayers to the Saints and Holy people of God, they had no thought for Tradition and the Holy Councils.Roman Catholic AnswerThe puritans rejected the Anglican Church because it was the established Church of England and they thought that when they had left the Catholic Church they had not left enough of its rituals and beliefs behind. They rejected the Catholic Church, ultimately due to man's sinful nature. They could not accept that the Catholic Church taught with the voice of Jesus, and they felt that their own interpretation of the Bible was enough to ensure their salvation. The sad thing is that in rejecting His Church, they were being disobedient to the very Bible they were claiming had the answers: Jesus said, "He who hears you, hears Me; he who rejects you, rejects Me."
