Puritains vs. Separatists

• Puritanism was based on Calvinism: Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Predestination
    • Good Works could not save those predestined for hell
    • No one could be certain of their spiritual status
    • Gnawing doubts led to constantly seeking signs of "conversion"
  • Puritains
    • want to totally reform (purify) the Church of England
    • Grew impatient with the slow process of Protestant Reformation back in England
  • Separatists/Pilgrims
    • wanted to separate completely from the English Church, not just reform it.
• The Mayflower
  • 1620 a group of 102 people (about half separatists)
    fun fact, someone was born on the ship!
  • Non separatists included captain Myles Standish
• They established Plymouth Bay was outside of the domain of the Virginia Company
  technically they did not have legal rights to the land they were living on, so they were squatters. But they was bamfs so they dont care.
  • The Mayflower Compact: all the men basically agreed to submit to majority rules- signed by 41 adults and eventually led to something called town meetings
  • Covenant of Grace: whatever they did they did for the glory of god
  • Social Covenant: you watched other people and what they did. Encouraged people to snoop because god punished the whole community.