Search
Search results
Displaying 1 - 10
Brewer's: Puritans
Seceders from the Reformed Church; so called because they rejected all human traditions and interference in religion, acknowledging the sole authority of the “pure Word of God,” without “…Brewer's: Platonic Puritan
(The). John Howe, the Nonconformist divine. (1630-1706.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PlatonismPlatonic Love A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Peter, Hugh
(Encyclopedia) Peter or Peters, Hugh, 1598–1660, British Puritan clergyman, educated at Cambridge. He became a priest of the Established Church, but his Puritan doctrines forced him to leave England…Chauncey Judd: Puritan Training
The Judd Family A Quilting Party Puritan Training In those days the means of education was scanty. For some years a school had been established in Judd's Meadow, to be kept a few weeks…Puritan Revolution
(Encyclopedia) Puritan Revolution: see English civil war.Davenport, John
(Encyclopedia) Davenport, John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman, one of the founders of New Haven, Conn., b. Coventry, England, educated at Merton and Magdalen colleges, Oxford. Starting as a Church of…Mather, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Mather, Richard, 1596–1669, British Puritan clergyman in North America, b. Lancashire, England. He studied at Oxford, began preaching, and was ordained in 1620. His Puritan beliefs led…Endecott, John
(Encyclopedia) Endecott or Endicott, JohnEndecott or Endicott, Johnboth: ĕnˈdĭkət, –kätˌ [key], c.1588–1665, one of the founders of Massachusetts Bay colony, b. England. He led the first group of…Eaton, Theophilus
(Encyclopedia) Eaton, Theophilus, 1590–1658, Puritan leader in Connecticut, one of the founders of New Haven, b. Buckinghamshire, England. A member of the London congregation of John Davenport, he…Penry, John
(Encyclopedia) Penry, John, 1559–93, British Puritan author, an instigator of the Marprelate controversy, b. Wales, grad. Cambridge and Oxford. While at college he became an ardent Puritan. In 1587…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
