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