Puritan

The Puritans were members of a group of English Protestants seeking further reforms or even separation from the established church during the Reformation.

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The word Puritan is now applied unevenly to a number of Protestant churches from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. However, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves. It was a term of abuse that first surfaced in the 1560s. "Recusants", "Precisemen", and "Precisions" were other early antagonistic terms for Puritans who preferred to call themselves "the godly." The word "Puritan" was thus always a descriptor of a type of religious belief, rather than a particular form of church order.

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Puritan related Images and Photos (experimental)

Puritan and Priscilla off Sandy Hook

General Scene Puritan Soldiers Plunder a Monastery

Puritans Puritan Soldier Preaching to Fellow Soldiers in Church