32. Puritan’s Aims And Methods Flashcards
When was the term ‘puritan’ first used?
1560s
What was a common definition at the time of puritan?
The hotter sort of Protestant
What were the puritan beliefs more closely aligned to?
Continental Protestant beliefs such as Calvinism and zwinglianism
What were some of the most radical puritans?
Presbyterians
What did Presbyterians want?
Opposed to the use of bishops and wanted a less hierarchical structure
What did Protestants believe that the only basis for religious beliefs was?
The bible
What practices did Protestants not believe in?
Bowing at the name of Jesus, kneeling to receive communion and the wearing of vestments
What did Protestant defenders of the settlement believe about acts associated with the Catholic Church?
‘Adiophora’ (insignificant)
What were Protestants not content with?
Weren’t content with attending one service on Sundays and opposed games and entertainment on Sundays
What did puritans do on Sundays?
Often had private meetings in the afternoons, studying scriptures and reading devotional books
What were puritans hostile to the presence of?
The presence of bishops
Who were bishops appointed by?
The queen
Why did the puritans not have unified aims?
They were never an organised movement
What did puritans want to remove from the church?
Elements that were too Catholic or not based on biblical authority
What examples of elements that were too Catholic were there?
Holy days, the sign of the cross, and the surplice
What did puritans want to do about the structure of the church?
Change the hierarchical structure of the church
What did the puritans want to change about the hierarchical structure?
Wanted a reduction or abolition of the roles of bishops and archbishops
What did puritans want to improve?
The standard of the clergy and the amount of preaching
How many church services did puritans want on a Sunday?
Two
How did puritans want to remodel the English church?
Along the ideas of the Calvinist and Zwinglian churches of Northern Europe
Who was John Field?
Wrote the admonition to parliament in 1572
Who was Walter Strickland?
The MP who introduced a bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer to Parliament in 1571
Who was Peter Wentworth?
The MP who led an attack into clerical abuses in 1576
Who was Anthony Cope?
The MP who introduced the ‘bill and book’ into parliament in 1586
Who was Thomas Sampson?
Started the Vestiarian Controversy when he refused to wear the surplice in 1565
Who was Thomas Cartwright?
The Cambridge professor who introduced Presbyterian teaching in England
Who were Robert Browne and Robert Harrison?
Separatists who founded their own church in Norwich in the 1580s
Who were Henry Barrow and John Greenwood?
Separatists who founded their own church in London in the 1590s
What started the Vestiarian controversy?
Thomas Sampson refused to wear the surplice and was deprived of his position
What did Matthew Parker say about Thomas Sampson?
Said they could wear a very simple surplice
What happened to clergy who wouldn’t conform to wearing the surplice?
They lost their jobs
How many London preachers lost their job as a result of refusing to conform in 1566?
37 London preachers
What did some of the preachers who lost their jobs in 1566 set up?
Independant underground churches
Was there a lot of independent churches set up?
No
Who was Bullinger?
The main European puritan leader
What did Bullinger advise the puritans to do?
To give way to
When did Thomas Sampson refuse to wear the surplice?
May 1565
Who was the leading academic critic?
Thomas Cartwright