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    PURITANISM is a religious movement that appeared in England during the 16th and 17th century. It included every protestant religious group, especially Calvinists, which defended a bigger purity in the adoration and in the doctrine. At the end of the 17th century Puritanism had been divided in two branches: Presbyterianist: that was pretty close to the ideas of the Calvinism Congregationalist: more radical, that wanted the full freedom of the Puritanism.

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    PURITANISM is a religious movement that appeared in England during the 16th and 17th century. It included every protestant religious group, especially Calvinists, which defended a bigger purity in the adoration and in the doctrine. At the end of the 17th century Puritanism had been divided in two branches: Presbyterianist: that was pretty close to the ideas of the Calvinism Congregationalist: more radical, that wanted the full freedom of the Puritanism.

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    PURITANISM is a religious movement that appeared in England during the 16th and 17th century. It included every protestant religious group, especially Calvinists, which defended a bigger purity in the adoration and in the doctrine. At the end of the 17th century Puritanism had been divided in two branches: Presbyterianist: that was pretty close to the ideas of the Calvinism Congregationalist: more radical, that wanted the full freedom of the Puritanism.

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    PURITANISM

    The Puritanism is a religious movement that appeared in England during the 16th and 17th century. It included every protestant religious group, especially Calvinists, which defended a bigger purity in the adoration and in the doctrine. It also defended Pietism (return to the origins of Protestantism). It criticized the Church of England because puritans said that its way of working was too close to the Catholic Church. So they wanted to break at last any relationship between Catholicism and Protestantism.

    Main ideas
    The king cannot be the maximum authority of the church; God must reign over the people They highlight Christ image Peoples life must be humble and obedient Absolute moral purity Personal study of the Bible They dont celebrate traditional celebrations like Christmas Gods grace reforms the people Sunday is absolutely dedicated to the 10 commandments They punished sexual relations outside marriage and drunkenness, although they can drink alcohol in moderation

    History
    At first this movement was pursued all over England by the Church of England, so most of puritans had to live the country. A big part of this people travelled to the United States, especially to the regions of New England, Massachusetts and Virginia. It also extended to several Europeans countries like Switzerland, Scotland and the Netherlands.

    During the beginning of the movement, it was supported by the Calvinism, created by John Calvin. At the end of the 16th century Puritanism had been divided in two branches: Presbyterianist: that was pretty close to the ideas of the Calvinism Congregationalists: more radical, that wanted the full freedom of the Puritanism.

    So, in conclusion, although it was created in England it didnt reach enough popularity, over there, but it had a great incidence in the United States especially in the state that we have already mentioned before.

    Main theoretical of Puritanism


    There were a lot of important people who practiced and defended the Puritanism but the most important ones are: Stephen Charnock William Bates Richard Baxter

    Present
    We can say that Puritanism is over since the end of the 17th century. Moreover we can also say that nowadays the word Puritanism is used in a despective way.

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