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PURITANISM (late 16th - 17th centuries), COMMONWEALTH (1649-1653 --- 1659…
PURITANISM
(late 16th - 17th centuries)
BELIEFS
RELIGIOUS UNITY
for the welfare of society
VS
EXTERNAL MANIFESTATIONS
OF FAITH
(ex. beautiful churches)
SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATIONS
OF THE BIBLE -->
EVERY
person has the
RIGHT
to
INTERPRET
God's will by reading the Bible
PRIESTS WERE FREE
TO CHOOSE WHAT TO WEAR
the CLERGY should be distinguished by their BEHAVIOUR / ACTIONS, not their appearance
CALVINIST THEORY
OF PREDESTINATION
what happens has already been
DECIDED
in advance by
GOD
/ FATE
--> you
CAN'T CHANGE IT
MEN ARE ALL SINNERS = DAMNED
They can be saved ONLY BY GOD'S GRACE
ONLY WAY TO OBTAIN GRACE
GOOD ACTIONS
HOLY LIFE OF DISCIPLINE /
HARD WORK
POVERTY
= SIN
You did not work
hard enough
LEISURE
(any form of entertainment)
A
WASTE OF TIME
A
SOURCE OF CORRUPTION
WEALTH
=
a
SYMBOL
of hard work
=
GOD'S GRACE
WHAT WAS IT
RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT
that wanted to "
PURIFY
" the
Church of England
(too connected to Catholicism)
MEANS TO SPREAD THE REFORM
SERMONS
IN CHURCHES
PUBLICATIONS
FOLLOWERS
CLERGY
NOBLES
MIDDLE CLASS
MERCHANTS
PROFESSIONAL CLASSES
MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT
OLIVER CROMWELL
Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
RICHARD CROMWELL
Cromwell's son
INTERESTS
THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY
RELIGIOUS MATTERS
COMMONWEALTH (1649-1653 --- 1659-1660)
HOUSE OF LORDS
ABOLISHED
EXECUTION FOR
ADULTERY
ANY FORM OF
ENTERTAINMENT
BANNED (games,
dances, theatre plays)
& pubs /theatres CLOSED