English Separatist movement

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Protestant movement religious movement

The English Separatist movement was a radical 16th–17th century Protestant group in England that broke away from the Church of England to form independent congregations, many of whose members later became known as the Pilgrims who settled in New England.

Aliases (2)

English Separatists ×3
English Separatism ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Protestant movement → religious movement →
aim	formation of independent congregations →
associatedWith	Gainsborough congregation → Leiden congregation → Mayflower voyage → Scrooby congregation →
country	England →
doctrine	Calvinism → believers' church → congregational independence → rejection of state church →
endTime	17th century →
faced	religious persecution →
follows	Church of England →
hasCharacteristic	congregationalist → dissenting → nonconformist → radical →
influenced	Baptist movement → Congregationalism → New England Puritanism → Pilgrims → religious liberty in America →
influencedBy	Calvinist theology → Puritanism →
legacy	development of religious freedom in the United States → formation of Plymouth Colony → spread of congregational churches in New England →
notableMember	Francis Johnson → Henry Barrow → John Greenwood → John Robinson → John Smyth → Robert Browne → Thomas Helwys → William Bradford → William Brewster →
opposedTo	Church of England →
partOf	English Reformation →
persecutedBy	Church of England hierarchy → English authorities →
practiced	congregational decision-making → covenant church membership → independent church governance →
religion	Protestantism →
resultedIn	emigration to New England → emigration to the Dutch Republic →
separatedFrom	Church of England →
startTime	16th century →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Carver → Thomas Tinker →	movement
Mayflower ("English Separatists") →	carried
Separatist congregation at Leiden ("English Separatists") →	foundedBy
Separatist congregation at Leiden →	partOf
William Bradford ("English Separatism") →	religion
Barbara Standish ("English Separatists") →	religiousContext