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The covenant sealed: the development of Puritan sacramental theology in old and New England, 1570-1720 (1970) E. Brooks Holifield (born January 5, 1942) is an American religious historian and the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of American Church History at Emory University 's Candler School of Theology , where he taught until his ...
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary is a Reformed seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Joel R. Beeke was the president of Puritan Reformed from 1995 to 2023 and currently serves as the chancellor, while Adriaan C. Neele serves as the president and Gerald M. Bilkes as the vice president.
Puritans, Calvinism, Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology, Nadere Reformatie, Experiential Piety, Systematic Theology, Historical Theology, Homiletics, Assurance (theology), Christian Living Joel Robert Beeke (born December 9, 1952) is an American Reformed theologian who is a pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregations and the chancellor ...
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The Puritan culture of the New England colonies of the seventeenth century was influenced by Calvinist theology, which believed in a "just, almighty God," [1] and a lifestyle of pious, consecrated actions. The Puritans participated in their own forms of recreational activity, including visual arts, literature, and music.
The ejection of non-conforming Puritan ministers from the Church of England in the 1630s provoked a reaction. Puritan laymen spoke out against King Charles's policies, with the bishops the main focus of Puritan ire. The first, and most famous, critic of both Laudianism and the Caroline divines was William Prynne.
In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England.Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church of England who believed that the Church of England was insufficiently reformed, retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrinal roots, and who therefore opposed royal ecclesiastical policy.