LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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An angry God
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A merciful God
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Puritans were strict Calvinists, or followers of the reformer John Calvin. Calvin taught that God was all-powerful and completely sovereign. Human beings were depraved sinners. God had chosen a few people, “the elect, ” for salvation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Puritans believed that it was necessary to be in a covenant relationship with God in order to be redeemed from one’s sinful condition, that God had chosen to reveal salvation through preaching, and that the Holy Spirit was the energizing instrument of salvation.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Jonathan Edward’s sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edwards asserts that with continuous sin, puritans will be released to hell by God and by also not following the puritan way of life.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.