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Title: Puritans


1
Puritans
  • Early American Literature
  • Voices of Conscience
  • 1620 - 1720

2
The Puritans A Brief History
  • Unable to express their religious sentiments and
    tired of a rigid class system, the Puritans
    immigrated to New England in the 1620s and 1630s.
  • Virtually all were hard-working members of the
    emerging middle class.
  • Massachusetts was soon settled as a Puritan
    commonwealth.

3
Puritans
  • Extreme Calvinistic Protestants who viewed the
    Reformation as a victory of true Christianity
    over Roman Catholicism.

4
Calvinism
  • Universe was God- centered
  • Man was inherently sinful and corrupt, destined
    for damnation
  • Man could only be saved by arbitrary divine grace
  • Man was duty-bound to do God's will, which he
    could understand best by studying the Bible and
    the universe which God had created

5
Government under a Theocracy
  • The Puritan, or Congregational Church, was
    proclaimed the governing body of the state.
  • Treason against God meant treason against the
    state.
  • The Puritan church held exclusive control over
    the lives of the people.

6
Puritan Beliefs
  • Original Sin All people, including newborn
    children, are basically sinful. Every person
    inherits the sin of Adam and Eve, who disobeyed
    God in the Garden of Eden
  • Eternal Punishment All wicked people will be
    punished by being sent to hell, a place of fire
    and torment where they will remain forever.

7
Puritan Beliefs
  • Salvation through Grace All people were
    basically sinful and no one could be good enough
    to deserve heaven. The only way a person could
    get into heaven was through Gods mercy, or
    grace, given to them despite what they actually
    deserved.

8
Puritan Beliefs
  • Being Born Again When a person repented of
    his or her sins and accepted Gods grace, the
    Puritans said that these people were born
    again. That is, they had given up their old
    life and started a new life in Christ.

9
Puritan Beliefs
  • Predestination God knows, from the beginning of
    time, who will go to hell and who will go to
    heaven. A persons fate is already determined,
    or predestined.

10
Other Elements of Puritanism
  • Only the elect would be saved. Looked for
    signs to show they were elect.
  • Heavy emphasis on the word of God, the Bible.
  • Sermon was the regular medium of communication.
  • Sermons accompanied every public event. Two
    sermons on Sundays.
  • Pure word of God transformation by Holy Spirit.
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