Puritan Theology: Influences and Origins

... Sean Thackurdeen Puritan Theology: Influences and Origins Due to religious persecution from the Church of England., the Puritans embarked on a journey leading to America. They were deeply influenced by the opposition towards them. This influence proved to the Puritans that action had to be taken. The Puritan democracy eventually won a place in the English system however; a more government controlled Church encouraged the Puritans to disembark to America to become "pure." The Puritans, who came to Massachusetts Bay after the Pilgrims came to Plymouth, came to set up a theocracy, a "city on the hill" that would show the rest of Europe, especially England with its religion that they regarded as corrupted, just what a religious community could be. They were quite fervent, and the ministers were the community leaders. Their doctrines stressed original sin--that all people are sinners (for Adam sinned), but that God, in his infinite mercy,

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