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  2. List of Puritans - Wikipedia

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    The majority of people in this list were mainstream Puritans, adhering strictly to the doctrine of Predestination. The more moderate ones, who tended towards Arminianism , have the label "Arminian" behind their names.

  3. History of the Puritans - Wikipedia

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    The Puritan's main purpose was to purify the Church of England and to make England a more Christian country. History of the Puritans under Elizabeth I, 1558–1603; History of the Puritans under James I, 1603–1625; History of the Puritans under Charles I, 1625–1649; History of the Puritans from 1649; History of the Puritans in North America

  4. Puritans - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. History of the Puritans in North America - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of the Puritans under King Charles I - Wikipedia

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    Under Charles I, the Puritans became a political force as well as a religious tendency in the country. Opponents of the royal prerogative became allies of Puritan reformers, who saw the Church of England moving in a direction opposite to what they wanted, and objected to increased Catholic influence both at Court and (as they saw it) within the Church.

  7. Category:Puritans - Wikipedia

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  8. Category:American Puritans - Wikipedia

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  9. Category:Puritanism - Wikipedia

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    History portal This category comprises articles related to Puritans , the movement of Reformed Protestants that originated in England in the 16th century. The main article for this category is Definitions of Puritanism .