PURITANISM

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PURITANISM

• by Francesca Testolin
• Class 4 A

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What is Puritanism?

• Puritanism is a way to consider Christianity.
• It consists of a movement due to a group of
  people who wanted religious, moral and social
  reforms.
• When?
• It developed in the 16th century during the
  English Reformation, but it gained much popular
  support early in the 17th century.

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Who?The Puritans

• believe that the Bible was Gods true law
• have strong spiritual beliefs
• aim at purifying the Church of England
• act against Anglicanism
• believe in the importance of personal religious
  experience
• believe in salvation and act in order to reach it.

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The Puritans beliefs

• According to the Puritans, religion should be
  very pure.
• Man has to improve exploiting the talent that God
  gave to all of human beings.
• God motivates all their actions.
• The Scripture is their model of living the Bible
  provides a guide to live.
• They state that the only head of the Church in
  heaven or earth is Christ .

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History

• In 1645 the Parliamentary Army defeated the
  Royalists.
• The Puritans victory involved
• the abolition of monarchy
• the abolition of the Anglican Church
• Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the Army.
• The Commonwealth was born.

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• Commonwealth the first republic instituted in
  England.
• From that moment on the Puritans began ruling in
  England they imposed their ideas and acted in
  order to reform the State.
• Cromwell died
• The Commonwealth collapsed
• The monarchy was restored ? Restoration
• Charles II came to the throne (1660)

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After the Restoration

• The Anglican Church was restored
• the Puritans were expelled from the Church of
  England.
• They migrated to New England (America).