PPT-Spiritual Formation Puritan Meditation Puritan Puritans Meditation

Puritan Meditation Meditation for the Puritans was central to all the means of grace or what we might call spiritual disciplines Meditation enhanced and improved public worship sermons Bible study baptism the Lords Supper prayer. New Immigrants come to America. . Most of the New England colonists were religious . dissidents. . . New Immigrants come to America. Most New England colonists disagree with England’s . What’s a Puritan?. Had a problem with the church in England (late 1500’s - think Shakespeare). Wanted the church to be more “pure”. They felt the Church leadership (bishops) were too greedy and not spiritual enough.. 1620-1758. Literature in Early America. Early colonists did not call themselves “Americans” until the mid 18. th. century. Roanoke Island, 1580. Jamestown, 1607. Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, 1620. 1560-1770. What is a Puritan?. The Puritans were single-minded visionaries convinced of the rightness of their beliefs, but they were also practical and businesslike.. They felt that Christian worship and church organization should be simplified in order to more closely resemble Biblical models.. The Crucible. EQ: How can literature portray the culture and beliefs of Early America?. Rebels or Revolutionaries?. Puritans: “purify” the Church of England. Catholic influences. Absolutist – monarchy has complete control over all. Early American Literature. Puritan is a broad term, referring to a number of Protestant groups that sought to “purify” the Church of England, which was corrupt and closely tied to the British government.. Read . Of Plymouth Plantation. (pages 104-110). Make a chart of (this chart will go in a homework packet) what Puritans were like/valued in each of these categories. Lifestyle. Religion. Families. Education. (Spanish). Jamestown, 1607. (English). Plymouth, 1620. (English). Early European Settlements. in North America. The Puritan Legacy. © 2003-2004 clipart.com. © 2003-2004 clipart.com. © 2003-2004 clipart.com. Puritan. Puritan History. The Church of England retained Religious garb with the Roman Catholic Church.. The Puritans were against these implementations, although they did retain some in the New World.. The Settlement. of New England. Separatists. vs. . Puritans. Puritanism. Calvinism . . . Institutes of the Christian Religion. Predestination.. Good works could not save those predestined for hell.. By. : Wachholtz and Pargament . Stress causes a variety of physiological changes in the body, including increased cortisol levels, anaerobic cellular activity, heart rate, and blood pressure- over time this can lead to permanent negative consequences on health. Vikings reach Canada – 1000AD. Spanish. Columbus 1492. Ponce de Leon reaches Florida 1513. St. Augustine 1565. British. Roanoke 1580s. Jamestown 1607. Recreated Norse Sod Longhouse. Why Britain colonized America. The Puritans in England. Puritans are a group of religious purists who fomented a . revolution in England . in the 1600’s. The Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell, defeated King Charles I, beheaded him and became “Lord Protectorate” of the United Kingdom. They ruled England for 30 years until 1666 when Cromwell died.. Who were the Puritans?. Puritans are a group of people who wanted to escape the theocracy of the Anglican Church and the King of England.. What . distinguished their faith from other of their time period?.