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How did the Puritans view their faith? How did many of them change their faith?

Puritans

Christians who wanted to purify the Church of England (reform it)

They had the most dynamic Christian force in the American Colonies

They lived strictly by the Bible

When

Puritans first immigrated to America in 1630.

Puritan influence disappeared by the end of the seventeenth century.

The Scarlet letter takes place during the mid seventeenth century.

Where

Puritans arrived in the New World and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony

In this new place they were free to worship as they wanted to

Puritans believed that you had to be in a constant connection with god

They were strict Calvinist followersBelieved that God had a select few for salvationThought that their “faith” was the key to salvation On the sabbath, only reading/learning of scriptures

was aloud

The Puritan faith

Why did some Puritans change their faith?

Many started to see flaws in their religion and the Puritan society

Some didn’t like the contradiction between men and women roles in the church

People felt judged because they didn’t they didn’t live as perfectly as expected to be

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