English Puritan churches

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English Puritan churches were Reformed Protestant congregations in England that sought to purify the Church of England of remaining Catholic practices and emphasized strict moral discipline, biblical preaching, and congregational governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformed Protestant congregations
religious organization
associatedWith Commonwealth of England NERFINISHED
English Civil War NERFINISHED
Westminster Assembly NERFINISHED
corePractice Sabbath observance
catechism instruction
congregational singing of psalms
expository preaching
family worship
strict moral discipline
country Kingdom of England
denominationalFamily Reformed tradition
doctrineEmphasis authority of Scripture
covenant theology
justification by faith alone
predestination
total depravity
governance congregational polity
presbyterian influences
historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement NERFINISHED
English Reformation NERFINISHED
Stuart period
influenced Baptist churches in England
English Nonconformist denominations NERFINISHED
New England Congregational churches NERFINISHED
Presbyterianism in the British Isles
inspiredBy Genevan Reformation NERFINISHED
John Calvin NERFINISHED
liturgicalLanguage English
mainTerritory England NERFINISHED
moralEmphasis discipline of church members
honesty in business
sexual purity
temperance
opposedPractice bishops
elaborate liturgy
use of images in worship
vestments
parentTradition Church of England NERFINISHED
periodOfFlourishing 17th century
late 16th century
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
religiousMovement Puritanism NERFINISHED
scriptureView sola scriptura
separatedFrom Church of England NERFINISHED
theology Calvinism NERFINISHED
Reformed theology
worshipPrinciple regulative principle of worship

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New England churches developedFrom English Puritan churches
Laud opposedBy English Puritan churches
subject surface form: William Laud
this entity surface form: English Puritans
Thomas Sampson associatedWith English Puritan churches
this entity surface form: English Puritans
William Whittingham influenced English Puritan churches
this entity surface form: English Puritanism