English Independents

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The English Independents were a radical Puritan faction in 17th-century England that advocated congregational church governance and played a key political and religious role during the English Civil Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant denomination ⓘ
Puritan group ⓘ
religious faction ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
advocated congregational church governance ⓘ
alternativeName Congregational Independents ⓘ
linked to: Congregationalism

Independent party ⓘ
Independents ⓘ
linked to: Separatists
associatedWithEvent English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
declineAfter Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ
doctrine church membership limited to visible saints ⓘ
covenant theology ⓘ
each congregation is a complete church ⓘ
separation of church and state in ecclesiastical governance ⓘ
emergedFrom English Puritan movement ⓘ
governanceModel elders and congregation share authority ⓘ
heldViewOnChurchState civil magistrate should not impose a national church settlement ⓘ
heldViewOnSacraments restricted sacraments to church members in good standing ⓘ
historicalPeriod English Revolution ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
influenced development of Congregationalism ⓘ
later English Nonconformity ⓘ
religious toleration debates in 17th-century England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy contributed to rise of dissenting churches in England ⓘ
helped shape later Congregational churches in Britain and America ⓘ
notableMember Henry Vane the Younger ⓘ
John Owen ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Philip Nye ⓘ
Thomas Goodwin ⓘ
opposed Presbyterian church governance ⓘ
episcopal church governance ⓘ
participatedIn Westminster Assembly ⓘ
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian side ⓘ
politicalRole influential during the English Civil Wars ⓘ
positionAtWestminsterAssembly advocated congregational church polity ⓘ
relatedMovement Congregationalists ⓘ
linked to: Congregationalism

Separatists ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
scripturalAuthority Bible as sole rule of faith and practice ⓘ
supported autonomy of local congregations ⓘ
limited religious toleration for Protestants ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Calvinism ⓘ

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Second English Civil War → participant → English Independents ⓘ
Solemn League and Covenant → opposedBy → English Independents ⓘ
Congregational churches in the United Kingdom → associatedWith → Independents (English Independents) ⓘ
linked to: English Independents
Nonconformism in England → includes → Independents in England ⓘ
linked to: English Independents
Engagement of 1647 → opposedBy → English Independents ⓘ
Independent party → associatedWith → English Independents ⓘ
Independent party → broaderMovement → English Independents ⓘ
Philip Nye → religiousTradition → English Independency ⓘ
linked to: English Independents
Philip Nye → movement → English Independents ⓘ