Separatists

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Dissenting religious movement English Protestant religious group

The Separatists were a group of English Protestants in the late 16th and early 17th centuries who broke away from the Church of England and sought religious freedom, some of whom became known as the Pilgrims who settled in New England.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
English Separatists	3
Independents	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dissenting religious movement ⓘ English Protestant religious group ⓘ
aimedFor	restoration of New Testament church practices ⓘ
alternativeName	Pilgrim Separatists ⓘ surface form: Separatist Puritans
associatedWith	Plymouth Colony through the Pilgrims ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	early English colonization of North America ⓘ
broaderMovement	Nonconformism in England ⓘ Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
criticized	episcopal church hierarchy ⓘ use of prescribed liturgy in the Church of England ⓘ
distinctFrom	Puritans who remained within the Church of England ⓘ
doctrine	believers-only church membership ⓘ covenant theology ⓘ
experienced	persecution in England ⓘ
governanceForm	self-governing congregations ⓘ
historicalContext	Elizabethan religious settlement ⓘ English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ surface form: English Reformation Stuart period religious conflicts ⓘ
influenced	development of Congregationalism ⓘ religious liberty traditions in New England ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	influence on American religious pluralism ⓘ model for later dissenting Protestant groups ⓘ
locatedInTime	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
migrationDestination	New England ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: the Dutch Republic
motivatedBy	desire for independent congregations ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ
notableMembersGroup	Pilgrims who settled in New England ⓘ
opposedPractice	compulsory church attendance by law ⓘ state-imposed religious uniformity ⓘ
opposedTo	Church of England ⓘ
partOf	Pilgrim Separatists ⓘ surface form: English Dissenters
practiced	independent worship outside state churches ⓘ
region	England ⓘ New England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Protestantism ⓘ
separatedFrom	Church of England ⓘ
subsetIncludes	Pilgrims ⓘ
theologicalPosition	congregational church governance ⓘ emphasis on purity of worship ⓘ rejection of state control of the church ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Myles Standish → associatedWith → Separatists ⓘ

Thomas Pride → associatedWith → Separatists ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independents

Plymouth Colony → foundedBy → Separatists ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Separatists

Christopher Jones → transportedGroup → Separatists ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Separatists

Geneva Bible → usedBy → Separatists ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Separatists