Menegazzo Giulia

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Puritanism and Puritans

• Menegazzo Giulia

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Who were Puritans
The Puritans were one branch of dissenters who
decided that the Church of England needed a
changement. Puritans were originally from the
middle class.

• They wanted to
• Reform and purify the Church
• Purify their own lives of any Catholic residue

• They follow
• The ideas of John Calvin, the leader in the
  Reformation, who gave rise to Protestantism.

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What was Puritanism?

• Puritanism was a movement that arose in
  England in second half of 16th century during
  the English Reformation.
• The puritan movement born by the thought of
  religious reformers such as John Calvin, whose
  founded the Calvinism , a religious movement
  within Puritanism.

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Who was John Calvin?

• John Calvin (1509-1564)was the son of a
  lawyer.

He was the principal figure in the development of
the system of Christian theology later
called Calvinism.
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Key words
Austere life
Sobriety
No celebrations
Hard work
Key Words
Bible
No entertainment
No mediation
Parable of Talents
Progress
Predestination
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Basic concepts of Puritan Ideology

• Puritans gave importance to direct teaching of
  Bible. It was God's true law and it provided a
  plan for living.
• Puritans didnt want a mediation, they wanted a
  direct relationship with God without the confines
  of church authority.
• They believed that man existed for the glory of
  God
• They worked a lot because they believed in
  progress.
• Puritans believed in the doctrine of
  predestination that kept all Puritans constantly
  working to do good in this life to be chosen and
  to be saved.

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Basic concept of Puritan Ideology

• They believed in the Parable of the Talents
• Puritans were against every kind of entertainment
  and disapproved celebrations because they
  distracted people from spiritual dimension.
•    They believed in the doctrine
  of predestination but salvation was in part the
  product of human choice.

They claimed sobriety of vestments worn by
priest in virtue of austere life.
The Protestant work ethic was the belief that
hard work was an honour to God.