Radical Groups

Question 1

Baptists

Answer 1

Rejected ideas of predestination, instead believing that people could earn their position in heaven

Question 2

Fifth monarchists

Answer 2

Saw the cataclysmic upheaval of the civil war as a precursor to the second coming of Jesus - believed that the 1000 year rule of King Jesus was imminent

Question 3

Congregationalists

Answer 3

Disliked Church of England, instead believing that followers should worship independently, as they saw fit, free from the control of bishops and prayer books

Question 4

Quakers

Answer 4

Rejected ideas of an organised clergy and refused to conform to social norms or swear to oaths

Question 5

Seekers

Answer 5

Rejected all forms of organised religion and instead sought revelation of gods will. Saw formal church structures as corrupt

Question 6

Ranters

Answer 6

Believed that God resided in every living being, so therefore there was no need for social hierarchy. As a result they rejected any notion of manners or public decency, and became known for moral outrages and promiscuous sexual activity

Question 7

John Lilburne

Answer 7

• Advocate of religious freedom

- Refused to swear to solemn league and covenant

Question 8

William Walwyn

Answer 8

• From a wealthy family
• Became an apprentice in London following a classical and humanist education
• Rejected ideas of predestination
• Advocated religious tolerance
• Hoped to eliminate poverty and economic equality

Question 9

Richard Overton

Answer 9

• In charge of propaganda
• Came close to atheism
• Advocated religious freedom
• Co-produced ‘the Remonstrance of a thousand Men’ which demanded abolition of monarchy and a representative parliament