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The Puritan Worldview
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Both the Separatists and the Puritans were steeped in Calvinist theology. In specific, they believed:
1.God is omniscient and omnipresent, and “Divine Providence” directly intervenes in the affairs of everyday life
2.Death is inevitable and is God’s punishment for original sin.
3.Some (“the elect”) will receive eternal salvation as a gift from God, but all deserve eternal damnation, and most will receive it.
4.Evil spirits and evil men occupy the earth and are seeking to interfere with the Puritan’s godly community.
5.The invisible world is real.
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John Calvin (1509-1564), a French theologian, lived and taught in Geneva, Switzerland
Calvin’s The Institutes of the Christian Religion, detailed Puritans’ beliefs of original sin, limited atonement, grace only from God, perseverance of saints, predestination
Central idea was covenant theology = Adam and Eve made covenant with God, then broke it
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First book printed in colonies in 1640, all earlier books were delivered from Europe
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