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Beeke, Joel, and Randall Pederson, Meet the Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints, (Reformation Heritage Books, 2006) ISBN 978-1-60178-000-3; Cross, Claire, The Puritan Earl, The Life of Henry Hastings, Third Earl of Huntingdon, 1536-1595, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966.
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.
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
The largest interdenominational association is the World Communion of Reformed Churches with more than 100 million members in 211 member denominations around the world. [98] [99] Smaller, conservative Reformed associations include the World Reformed Fellowship and the International Conference of Reformed Churches.
Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands - member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches; Moluccan Evangelical Church (GIM) Indonesian Christian Church in the Netherlands (GKIN) Since the Reformation, the Netherlands, as one of the few countries in the world, could be characterised as a mainly Calvinist state.
Reformed Christianity portal; Christianity portal; England portal; History portal; This category comprises articles related to Puritans, the movement of Reformed Protestants that originated in England in the 16th century.
The continental Reformed churches had an impact on Anglicanism through the Puritans, who wished to reform the Church of England along continental lines. [1] The following is a chronological list of confession and theological doctrines of the Reformed churches: First Helvetic Confession (1536) Consensus Tigurinus (1549) French Confession (1559)
The biggest Reformed association is the World Communion of Reformed Churches with more than 80 million members in 211 member denominations around the world. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] There are more conservative Reformed federations like the World Reformed Fellowship and the International Conference of Reformed Churches , as well as independent churches .