ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was a separatist?
A
Ah Pritan
B
Someone who wanted to break away from the Church of England
C
Someone who wanted to separate church and state
D
Someone who wanted to leave his/her country
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term Puritan is commonly applied to a reform movement that strove to purify the practices and structure of the Church of England in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. As dissidents, they sought religious freedom and economic opportunities in distant lands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans thought that the bishops and priests had too much power over church members. The most extreme Protestants wanted to separate from the Church of England. These Separatists formed their own churches and cut all ties with the Church of England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Separatist, also called Independent, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Separatists separated themselves from the Anglican Church. They believed the church was wrong in some of the ways they operated and wanted to worship the way they believed was right.

Detailed explanation-5: -English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries. A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, “to disagree") is one who disagrees in opinion, belief and other matters. More items

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