LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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All people are born sinners
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Sin without salvation will send a person to hell
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Religion shouldn’t be formal and institutionalized butrather casual and personal
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All people can have a direct emotional connection with God
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All people can be saved if they confess their sins toGod, seek forgiveness, and accept God’s grace
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Detailed explanation-1: -Basic Themes of the Great Awakening All people are born sinners. Sin without salvation will send a person to hell. All people can be saved if they confess their sins to God, seek forgiveness and accept God’s grace. All people can have a direct and emotional connection with God.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was a period of re-ligious fervor called the Second Great Awakening. Like the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s, the Second Great Awakening emphasized the importance of converting people to Protestant Christianity.
Detailed explanation-3: -The overall message was one of greater equality. So the First Great Awakening paved the way for independence and the Constitution. Speaking about spiritual equality encouraged colonists to think more about the need for democracy in both church and state.
Detailed explanation-4: -In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.