The reason a "Puritan" was called a puritan is that they felt that the Anglican church didn't practice a pure religion. They wanted the inside of the church to be bare of decoration and the services to be very basic according to The Bible.
it too closely resembled the catholic church
They wanted to tell them what religion to be, etc. etc. The Church of England was very controlling, and said they couldn't be what religion they wanted to be.
They thought that it was corrupt. They believed that the Church of England needed to be purified. That was a big part of why they moved to the colonies.
because they were decorated and colorful nd the purirans believed in simple and plain churches
They kept some of the Roman Catholic Chruch concepts or they thought resembled too much of the Roman Catholic Church
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The Puritans were from England. They believed that the Church of England was too much like the Catholic Church. They settled in what became Massachusetts and revived what they believed was the proper form of Anglican Protestantism.
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans
The Puritans wanted to push the Church of England into a new purified church. They did not like the church did not restrict membership to visible saints only that had experienced conversion.
The Puritans were English Protestants who were unhappy with the Church of England. They believed it was a product of man-made doctrines and strayed too far from the Bible. It was too close, they felt, to the Catholic church in its rich decoration and its belief that a person could have a relationship with God only through a church and a priest, not directly. They were persecuted by the Church and by King James and so left England for America in order to worship as they believed.
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.
The Puritans were unhappy with the church of England because was very controlling and they couldn't be what religion they wanted to be.
the puritans beat the church of england.
The conflict between the Puritans and the Church of England was primarily due to differences in religious beliefs and practices. Puritans believed in a simpler, more pure form of worship that was not aligned with the elaborate rituals of the Church of England. They also sought to purify the church from what they perceived as remaining Roman Catholic influences. This tension ultimately led to the persecution and eventual migration of the Puritans to the New World.
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The puritans wanted to purify the catholic church of the Quakers
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Puritans from the Church of England.
The Puritans were from England. They believed that the Church of England was too much like the Catholic Church. They settled in what became Massachusetts and revived what they believed was the proper form of Anglican Protestantism.
The puritans were a group of English Protestants that were dissatisfied with the Church of England. These people were named "Puritans" because of their goal, to "purify" the Church of England and to make it less like the Roman Church. They felt the morals were incorrect and all other traditions.
Protestans who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called Puritans