English Puritan churches

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English Puritan churches were Reformed Protestant congregations in England that sought to purify the Church of England of remaining Catholic practices and emphasized strict moral discipline, biblical preaching, and congregational governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformed Protestant congregations
religious organization
associatedWith Commonwealth of England
English Civil War
Westminster Assembly
corePractice Sabbath observance
catechism instruction
congregational singing of psalms
expository preaching
family worship
strict moral discipline
country Kingdom of England
denominationalFamily Reformed tradition
doctrineEmphasis authority of Scripture
covenant theology
justification by faith alone
predestination
total depravity
governance congregational polity
presbyterian influences
historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
English Reformation
Stuart period
influenced Baptist churches in England
English Nonconformist denominations
New England Congregational churches
Presbyterianism in the British Isles
inspiredBy Genevan Reformation
John Calvin
liturgicalLanguage English
mainTerritory England
moralEmphasis discipline of church members
honesty in business
sexual purity
temperance
opposedPractice bishops
elaborate liturgy
use of images in worship
vestments
parentTradition Church of England
periodOfFlourishing 17th century
late 16th century
religion Protestantism
religiousMovement Puritanism
scriptureView sola scriptura
separatedFrom Church of England
theology Calvinism
Reformed theology
worshipPrinciple regulative principle of worship

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New England churches developedFrom English Puritan churches
William Laud opposedBy English Puritans
subject linked to: Laud
linked to: English Puritan churches
Thomas Sampson associatedWith English Puritans
linked to: English Puritan churches
William Whittingham influenced English Puritanism
linked to: English Puritan churches