Cambridge Puritans

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The Cambridge Puritans were a group of early English Reformed theologians and clergy associated with the University of Cambridge who played a key role in shaping Puritan thought and the broader English Reformation.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Puritans 6
English Puritans 2
Cambridge Puritans canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan group
group of theologians
religious movement
activeInCentury 16th century
17th century
aimedFor further reformation of the Church of England
associatedWithCollege Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge
centerOfActivity Cambridge colleges
concern godly living
reform of church discipline
reform of worship
country Kingdom of England
doctrineEmphasis biblical authority
moral discipline
personal piety
predestination
educationalContext early modern university culture
field biblical studies
pastoral ministry
theology
historicalContext Stuart England
Tudor England
influenced English Congregationalism
linked to: Congregationalism

English Nonconformity
English Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian

English Puritanism
linked to: Puritanism

New England Puritanism
linked to: Puritan New England
influencedBy Continental Reformed theology
linked to: Calvinism

John Calvin
Swiss Reformation
language English
location Cambridge
movement Puritanism
opposedTo ceremonialism in the Church of England
elements of the Elizabethan religious settlement
partOf English Reformation
religion Protestantism
roleIn development of Puritan preaching
shaping English Reformed thought
training Puritan clergy
theologicalTradition Reformed theology
universityAffiliation University of Cambridge
usedSource Greek New Testament
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Latin theological texts

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laurence Chaderton memberOf Cambridge Puritans
Early modern London religiousGroupPresent Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony usedBy English Puritan settlers
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
English Reformation dissenting movements hasPart Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
Edgar contrastsWithGroup Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
Edith facesOppositionFrom Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
The Wordy Shipmates subject Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
English North America religiousGroups Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
Archbishop Laud, 1573–1645 historicalFigureCovered English Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans
Vestments controversy opposedBy English Puritans
linked to: Cambridge Puritans