Puritanism
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- noun
- /ˈpjʊrɪtənɪzəm/
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puritanismo
- The strict moral code of Puritanism influenced many aspects of early American life.
It is the heart of Calvinism and a Puritanism, the belief in the elect.
- It is the heart of Calvinism and a Puritanism, the belief in the elect.
- But it's a theology that came out of, of course, Puritanism, that believed to some degree that there was some kind of an elect.
Examples
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But it's a theology that came out of, of course, Puritanism, that believed to some degree that there was some kind of an elect.
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Especially helpful is the preface written by the authors and the seven-page introduction, "A Brief History of English Puritanism."
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The Puritanism of an earlier time was gone.
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Writing in the plain style most often associated with New England Puritanism, these authors exhibited simplicity and clarity.
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Together with this new bond of communality, Puritanism also projected new notions of authority in the church.
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Schroeder, the primary religious framework in the US, is Protestant and deeply informed by Puritanism and Calvinism.
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Within the religious diversity, however, it was Calvinism, tinged no doubt with English Puritanism, that created the major religious paradigm.
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"I would urge teachers and students to investigate the basic tenets of Puritanism, as well as the pleadings of Williams and his Baptist followers.
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Where involvement is high, some form of theocracy (e.g., Puritanism in England, Islam in Iran) seems to be the rule.
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But Puritanism's legalistic concept of Scripture, which has remained deeply influential in the Protestant tradition, he decisively opposed.
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Synonyms
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A strict set of moral rules that values hard work and avoids pleasure
A way of living with strict rules and little pleasure
A strict moral and religious attitude valuing self-control and rejecting pleasure
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Etymology
Puritanism comes from the idea of being pure ('clean' or 'morally pure') plus the ending -ism ('belief' or 'system'). It names the religious movement whose people wanted to 'purify' the church, so Puritanism refers to their beliefs and practices.