Puritans Who Set Sail To America
1. Explain: Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England.
Puritans were people who wanted to get rid of things that were not stated by Jesus Christ or by the Bible. They rejected decisions and traditions established by the Church (i.e. people). Examples: paintings of God and Jesus, rich ornaments and décor, hierarchy in Church, selling pardons. They also thought that the temples should be smaller and not so monumental. Puritans’ beliefs were a threat to the hierarchy and wealth of the English Church, so they were persecuted and unwelcome in there. They had to look for a place they could live the way they wanted.
2. Describe the Puritans who set sail to America in 1620.
Majority of Puritans who set sail to America on Mayflower …show more content…
Explain the notion of predestination and how Puritans shaped they lives according to it.
Puritans believed that they don’t have any influence on whether they will go to heaven or to hell. They believe that God knows it before they are born and they can do nothing about it. (There is a paradox of free-will -> although one may be a good person, he/she can still go to hell.) God may change his mind, but people cannot do anything. For Puritans, the fact that someone is rich and successful means that this person may be predestined, so they work even harder and look for success, hoping that maybe this would be a sign of their predestination.
5. What biblical events did the first Puritans in America draw parallels to?
Puritans considered themselves to be like pilgrims to the Promised Land, like Jews running from Egypt to Israel. As they wanted to establish a Church they considered it to be a mission.
6. How did Max Weber compare Protestants and Catholics in terms of the notions of hard work and …show more content…
If someone doesn’t work – he sins and offends God, as it is a duty to work. Supporting charity means supporting offending God.
WASTE – waste of time is the worst and the deadliest sin. “Not leisure and enjoyment, but only activity serves to increase the glory of God, according to the definite manifestations of His will” – only hard work praises God and any other activity is a waste.
8. What did a Puritan sermon look like (use in particular Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God).
In the 18th and 19th centuries during the Great Awakening, major sermons were made at revivals, which were especially popular in the United States. These sermons were noted for their "fire-and-brimstone" message, typified by Jonathan Edwards's famous "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" speech. In these sermons the wrath of God was clearly one to be afraid of, although fear was not the message Edwards was trying to convey in his sermons, he was simply trying to tell the people that they could be forgiven for their sins.
It combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of scripture.
Most of the Edward’s sermon's text consists of ten "considerations":
1. God may cast wicked men into hell at any given
Puritans were people who wanted to get rid of things that were not stated by Jesus Christ or by the Bible. They rejected decisions and traditions established by the Church (i.e. people). Examples: paintings of God and Jesus, rich ornaments and décor, hierarchy in Church, selling pardons. They also thought that the temples should be smaller and not so monumental. Puritans’ beliefs were a threat to the hierarchy and wealth of the English Church, so they were persecuted and unwelcome in there. They had to look for a place they could live the way they wanted.
2. Describe the Puritans who set sail to America in 1620.
Majority of Puritans who set sail to America on Mayflower …show more content…
Explain the notion of predestination and how Puritans shaped they lives according to it.
Puritans believed that they don’t have any influence on whether they will go to heaven or to hell. They believe that God knows it before they are born and they can do nothing about it. (There is a paradox of free-will -> although one may be a good person, he/she can still go to hell.) God may change his mind, but people cannot do anything. For Puritans, the fact that someone is rich and successful means that this person may be predestined, so they work even harder and look for success, hoping that maybe this would be a sign of their predestination.
5. What biblical events did the first Puritans in America draw parallels to?
Puritans considered themselves to be like pilgrims to the Promised Land, like Jews running from Egypt to Israel. As they wanted to establish a Church they considered it to be a mission.
6. How did Max Weber compare Protestants and Catholics in terms of the notions of hard work and …show more content…
If someone doesn’t work – he sins and offends God, as it is a duty to work. Supporting charity means supporting offending God.
WASTE – waste of time is the worst and the deadliest sin. “Not leisure and enjoyment, but only activity serves to increase the glory of God, according to the definite manifestations of His will” – only hard work praises God and any other activity is a waste.
8. What did a Puritan sermon look like (use in particular Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God).
In the 18th and 19th centuries during the Great Awakening, major sermons were made at revivals, which were especially popular in the United States. These sermons were noted for their "fire-and-brimstone" message, typified by Jonathan Edwards's famous "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" speech. In these sermons the wrath of God was clearly one to be afraid of, although fear was not the message Edwards was trying to convey in his sermons, he was simply trying to tell the people that they could be forgiven for their sins.
It combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of scripture.
Most of the Edward’s sermon's text consists of ten "considerations":
1. God may cast wicked men into hell at any given