Puritanism

E1765

Calvinist movement Protestant tradition religious movement

Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Puritanism canonical	81
English Puritanism	22
New England Puritanism	19
English Puritans	12
Puritans	10
Puritan New England	8
English Puritan movement	7
Puritan movement	7
Puritan theology	5
New England Puritans	4
New England Puritan culture	3
New England Puritan heritage	2
New England Puritan society	2
Puritan New England society	2
Puritan covenant theology	2
Separatist Puritans	2
Colonial New England culture	1
Elizabethan Puritanism	1
New England Calvinism	1
New England Puritan theology	1
Puritan Christianity	1
Puritan New England culture	1
Puritan movement in New England	1
Puritan plain style	1
Puritan society	1
Puritanism (probable)	1
Puritans in England	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Calvinist movement ⓘ Protestant tradition ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
advocates	congregational church governance ⓘ reform of the Church of England ⓘ strict church membership standards ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	priesthood of all believers ⓘ sola fide ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ soli Deo gloria ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	English Civil War ⓘ Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ surface form: Great Migration to New England Half-Way Covenant controversy ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ Westminster Assembly ⓘ
coreBelief	biblical authority ⓘ covenant theology ⓘ importance of moral discipline ⓘ necessity of personal conversion ⓘ predestination ⓘ rejection of Catholic ritualism ⓘ simplicity of worship ⓘ total depravity of humankind ⓘ
declinedInCentury	18th century ⓘ
emergedInCentury	16th century ⓘ
emphasizes	Sabbath observance ⓘ communal discipline ⓘ family piety ⓘ moral rigor ⓘ
hasEthic	Protestant work ethic ⓘ ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
hasPractice	church discipline ⓘ close regulation of public morals ⓘ covenant church membership ⓘ family worship ⓘ long sermons ⓘ plain preaching ⓘ
influenced	American Protestantism ⓘ American concepts of covenant and contract ⓘ American literature ⓘ American political thought ⓘ American work ethic ⓘ
influencedBy	Reformation ⓘ surface form: English Reformation John Calvin ⓘ Calvinism ⓘ surface form: Reformed theology
inspiredFoundationOf	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Yale University ⓘ surface form: Yale College
keyFigure	Cotton Mather ⓘ Increase Mather ⓘ John Owen ⓘ John Winthrop ⓘ Richard Baxter ⓘ Thomas Hooker ⓘ William Ames ⓘ William Perkins ⓘ
legacyIn	Congregational churches ⓘ Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian churches Reformed denominations ⓘ
majorCenter	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ New England ⓘ Plymouth Colony ⓘ
opposes	Anglican ceremonialism ⓘ episcopal church governance ⓘ
originatedIn	England ⓘ
religiousBranchOf	Protestantism ⓘ
shaped	New England culture ⓘ New England education ⓘ New England legal codes ⓘ New England town governance ⓘ early New England society ⓘ
viewOnChurchState	close relation between church and civil authority ⓘ
viewOnEducation	literacy for Bible reading ⓘ support for schools and colleges ⓘ

Referenced by (199)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salem witch trials → religiousContext → Puritanism ⓘ

Salem witch trials → broaderContext → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan New England society

Mayflower landing at Plymouth → passengers → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Separatist Puritans

Massachusetts Bay Colony → foundedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → culturalAffiliation → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan New England

Calvinism → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

Cotton Mather → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

Cotton Mather → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritanism

Great Migration of Puritans → religiousAffiliation → Puritanism ⓘ

Samuel Parris → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritanism

Mayflower Compact → createdBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Separatist Puritans

Personal Rule (1629–1640) → opposedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritans in England

Magnalia Christi Americana → mainSubject → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritanism

Essays to Do Good → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ

Essays to Do Good → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritan culture

Increase Mather → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritanism

Giles Corey → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan New England

Giles Corey → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

Jonathan Edwards → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan theology

American civil religion → linkedTo → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan covenant theology

Oldtown Folks → hasCulturalContext → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritan heritage

John Calvin → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Connecticut Colony → foundedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Wonders of the Invisible World → subject → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritanism

The Minister's Wooing → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritan culture

Theodore Beza → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Poganuc People → hasTheme → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Calvinism

Richard Baxter → denomination → Puritanism ⓘ

Richard Baxter → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritanism

John Owen → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ

New Haven, Connecticut → founders → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

William Perkins → religiousMovement → Puritanism ⓘ

William Perkins → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

William Perkins → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England Puritans

Maria Cotton Mather → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

subject surface form: Cotton Mather

Massachusetts Bay Company → foundedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Oliver Cromwell → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan movement

Susannah Martin → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

Richard Mather → memberOf → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritans

Mary Easty → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

John Cotton → movement → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan movement

Geneva Bible → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritanism

Geneva Bible → usedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Puritans

Anne Hutchinson → religion → Puritanism ⓘ

Anne Hutchinson → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan covenant theology

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → ideology → Puritanism ⓘ

Laudian religious reforms → opposedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritans

High Commission → opposedBy → Puritanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritans