Puritans: Beliefs and Their Writings

Puritanism began to establish in the late 1600 s when many people within the Church of England wanted to purify and create a middle course between Roman Catholicism and the ideas of the Protestant reformers. Puritanism is a term that originates from the religious group called the Puritans. They were a denomination formed by the great Protestant Reformation in Europe. They were known as nonconformists and dissenters because of their refusal to submit to the Church of England.
Because of this, the Puritans and their theology soon died out in Europe. However, the puritan ideas and beliefs…