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chap 4 history
Term | Definition |
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elizabethan settlement | elizabeth wanted a protestant church, hoped to win people over by keeping some of the old things |
puritans | anglicans who thought that the old ceremonies and practices were too much like the catholic church |
low church anglicans | agreed with the puritans but saw no problem with the old practices |
high church anglicans | thought that the church's traditional practices, especially the bishops, were a divinely ordained |
separatists | believed that the whole church of England was corrupt and that true christians must separate from it |
idea of the covenant | puritans believed that god deals with mankind through a series of covenants or agreements |
episcopal polity | an authority such as a monarch appoints bishops, and the bishops in turn appoint lower officials down to the individual churches |
congregational polity | each congregation elects its own officers and remains independent |
congregationists | name given to most puritans |
half way covenant | allowed unconverted members to enjoy the full privileges of citizenship |
salem witch trials | resulted from the claims of several young girls in salem village, MA accusing a girl of being a witch |
James Blain | Anglican who founded William and Mary college |
Thomas Bray | anglican who promoted missionary efforts for the colonies |
Roger Williams | founded the 1st Baptist church in America |
Quakers | society of friends, originated with the englishman George Fox |
Francis Makemie | father of American Presbyterianism |
Henry Muhlenberg | father of American Lutheranism |
Morarians | most important pietist group in America |