Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough. In their view, the liturgy was still too Catholic.

T he Puritans were the Protestant religious movement in England throughout the 17 th century that sought to “purify” the Church of England from its Roman Catholic influences. They wanted to ...

The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of ...

One of the first acts of the Puritan regime was the passing in 1650 ... members of the Quaker community in America. Another Protestant sect which had members fleeing to America at this time ...

Morgan's magnificent achievement made Welsh the only non-state language of Protestant Europe to be ... although the Puritan John Penry of Breconshire, a bitter opponent of bishops, was hanged ...

- a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation ...

Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough. In their view, the liturgy was still too Catholic.

One of the first acts of the Puritan regime was the passing in 1650 ... members of the Quaker community in America. Another Protestant sect which had members fleeing to America at this time ...