Religion
The Anglicans and Puritans
Outline
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Anglicans
Origin
Importance during
time period
Practitioners
Practices
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Puritans
Origin
Importance during
time period
Practitioners
Practices
Origin of Anglicism
 King Henry VIII was very
devoted to the Pope.
When he wanted an
annulment from his first
wife, Catherine if Aragon,
the Pope denied him.
 King Henry broke away
from the Catholic Church
and established the
Church of England, or
Anglican Church.
Importance of Anglicans
during time period
 The Anglican Church played a major key in replacing the Catholic
Church in England.
 After changing back and forth between Anglicanism and
Catholicism, Queen Elizabeth I returned the supremacy to the
Anglican Church.
 This church reformed England and empowered the monarchy,
allowing them to prosper.
Anglican Practitioners
 During the Elizabethan time period, the Church of England
became the official church in 1588.
 Those who used the Anglican church were the people who
remained loyal to the monarchy.
 It was concentrated in England until the settlements in America.
Then it spread throughout the newly formed colonies.
Anglican Practices
 The Anglican Church focuses on the 1928
Book of Common Prayer for lessons.
 This church also uses song and gospel a lot
during their sermons.
Origin of Puritans
 In 1560, the Puritans first began to reform the
church to a state of purity to match Christianity
in the time of Christ.
 The Puritans moved to what is now
Massachusetts in order to gain political voice,
make a state that was focused on their own
beliefs, and coordinate harmoniously with the
Church of England.
Importance of Puritans
during time period
 The Puritans’ goal was to purify the Anglican church.
They claimed it was too close to the Catholic church.
 They were very influential in America.
 Their level of interpretation led to the Salem Witch
trials.
 They believed religion was complex and intellectual.
They did not really associate it with feelings of
affection.
Puritan Practitioners
 They were not popular until the Anglican Church was dominant.
 The term “puritans” was used to refer to those who believed that
the English Church was in need of a reform.
 The Puritans were concentrated more in the New Land then in
England; their history is often related to the pilgrims’.
 Many of the followers did come from England though.
Puritan Practices
 The Puritans removed ceremonies from their
everyday practices.
 They believed that the human state was one of
sin.
 Wanted to conduct a reformation much like that
of John Calvin in Geneva.