Lesson 9

Question 1

What was the Puritan vision for the New World?

Answer 1

Puritans in America
Ethos of English Puritanism BOOK: A religious history of the American people
1. The most protestant, Reformed, puritan colonies in the world
2. Reformed tradition
* Augustinian heritage
* Implement what Calvin did in Geneva
3. Emphasize conversion
* Personal faith in Christ
* Make a public profession of faith to take Lord’s Supper
4. Authority of the Bible
5. Reform all of society
* Allow citizens (property owners) to have a say in society
* No religious liberty
6. God covenanting with his people
* Congregationalist - Local covenanting
7. Serving God with the mind
* Education

Question 2

What were some of the contributions of John Cotton and Roger Williams?

Answer 2

John Cotton (1585-1652)
1. Arrives in Boston (1633)
2. Preacher at Boston’s first church
3. Emphasis on conversion experience
4. Proponent of congregational polity
5. The Way of Churches of Christ in New England (1645)
6. The Bloody Tenant, and Washed and Made White in the Bloud of the Lambe (1650)
7. Milke for Babes – catechism (1646)

Roger Williams (1603-83)
1. 1635 - Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
2. 1636 - Founder of Providence
3. 1639 - First Baptist Church in America
4. 1644 - Rhode Island granted charter – “soul liberty”