Puritanism

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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

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.

John Milton → movement → Puritanism ⓘ
Book III: Polybius → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
Eleven Years' Tyranny → oppositionGroup → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritans
The Order of the Gospel → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
William Laud → opposedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritans
New England clergy → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
New England clergy → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
Increase → religiousAssociation → Puritanism ⓘ
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits → relatedTo → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
William Brewster → religiousMovement → Puritanism ⓘ
Great Awakening → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
William Ames → movement → Puritanism ⓘ
A Call from Heaven → historicalContext → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
A Call from Heaven → literaryMovement → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan plain style
New England Colonies → foundedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritans
Maria Cotton → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
Mather family → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
Howe family of Ipswich and Topsfield → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England society
English Separatist movement → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
English Separatist movement → influencedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
Samuel Mather → movement → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritanism
Eleazar Mather → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
New England Confederation → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
Jehan Cauvin → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
Institutes of the Christian Religion → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
Province of New England → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
Roger Williams → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
High Commission Court → opposedBy → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritans
Congregationalism → developedFrom → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
John Hampden → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
New England Way → developedFrom → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
Benjamin Franklin’s parents → culturalContext → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritan society
John Mason → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
Heinrich Bullinger → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
Hester Prynne → religiousContext → Puritanism ⓘ
Arthur Dimmesdale → religiousAffiliation → Puritanism ⓘ
Pearl → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan society
Elizabeth Parris → religiousAffiliation → Puritanism ⓘ
Elizabeth Parris → culture → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritan society
Sarah Dudley → religion → Puritanism ⓘ
Of Communion with God → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
Bunhill Fields → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritans
The Glory of Christ → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism
The Art of Prophesying → religiousMovement → Puritanism ⓘ
A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men → religiousTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men → associatedWith → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritan movement
A Golden Chain → theologicalTradition → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan theology
A Golden Chain → influenced → Puritanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Puritanism