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From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690–1765 (1967) Daniels, Bruce C. New England Nation: The Country the Puritans Built (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) 237 pp. excerpt and text search; Ellis, David M. "The Yankee Invasion of New York 1783–1850". New York History (1951) 32:1–17. Fischer, David Hackett.
In the 17th century, the word Puritan was a term applied not to just one group but to many. Historians still debate a precise definition of Puritanism. [6] Originally, Puritan was a pejorative term characterizing certain Protestant groups as extremist. Thomas Fuller, in his Church History, dates the first use of the word to 1564.
William Ames provided a self-definition of Puritans via three points, in 1610. [6] Point 3 is sola scriptura. It has been argued that Puritans adopted the Calvinist regulative principle of worship. The laxer normative principle of worship was characteristic of the Church of England. [7]
The Puritan position on worship is thus in line with the common saying regarding adiaphora: “In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.” Latitudinarianism in Anglicanism
The Protestant work ethic, [1] also known as the Calvinist work ethic [2] or the Puritan work ethic, [3] is a work ethic concept in sociology, economics, and history. It emphasizes that a person's subscription to the values espoused by the Protestant faith , particularly Calvinism , result in diligence , discipline , and frugality .
Antinomianism has been a point of doctrinal contention in the history of Christianity. At its root is an argument between salvation through faith alone and on the basis of good works or works of mercy.
The controversy had an international effect; Puritans in England followed the events closely and were heavily involved in advocating for the piety of those who were impacted. According to Hall, the English were looking for ways to combat the Antinomians who appeared after the Puritan Revolution began in 1640. [ 93 ]
Christian philosemitism, which has been associated with dispensational theology and Puritanism, promotes a positive view of the Jewish people for religious reasons (in contrast to Christian antisemitism).