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The Legacy of the

Puritans

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The detested name of ‘Puritan’

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Reformation Theologians

Muntzer LutherCranmer

Zwingli Calvin Clement VII

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Peter Martyr Vermigli

John Jewel& ‘Marian Exiles’

Martin Bucer

Heinrich Bullinger

Geneva Bible

‘Stranger Churches’

Reformed Church of England

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Marks of the puritan

i. Scripturalism

ii. ‘Prophesyings’/ Conferences

iii. ‘Sermon gadding’

iv. Sabbatarian

v. Primitivism

vi. Old Testament

John Owen

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PuritanGolden Age,primitivism Apocalyptic

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Marks of the puritan

i. Scripturalism

ii. ‘Prophesyings’/ Conferences

iii. ‘Sermon gadding’

iv. Sabbatarian

v. Primitivism

vi. Old Testament

John Owen

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Iconoclasm - follow Greeks or the Jews?

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The Iconoclasm Controversy-Byzantine Psalter, 9th Century

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Zurich, 1524

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Switzerland, 1529

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Antwerp, 1566

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Lyon, 1562

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‘The Temple well purged’

Foxe’s ‘Book of Martyrs’ (1563 ed.)

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Richard Baxter (1615-91)

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William Perkins (1558- 1602) Christ’s College, Cambridge

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The Admonition Controversy (1572-77)

Thomas Cartwright v John Whitgift

CalvinistEurope:

St. AndrewsCambridgeChannel Isl.MiddelbergLeidenHeidelbergGeneva

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Warwick

Guernsey

Heidelberg

Geneva

Church GovernmentPRESBYTERIAN ‘ANGLICAN’

Doctor BishopPastor PriestElder DeaconDeacon

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The Mosaic Law:i. Ceremonialii. Judicialiii. Moral

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Puritan Grievances:

•Prayer Book•Vestments•Wedding rings•Church courts•Unpreaching clergy•Bishops’ civil power•Church Hierarchy

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‘Puritans’

Baptists

Presbyterians

Congregationalists/Independents

Charles I Interregnum Charles II(1649-60)

1662

‘Nonconformists’

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