ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Puritans. Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough. In their view, the liturgy was still too Catholic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, some Puritans equated the Church of England with the Roman Catholic Church, and therefore considered it no Christian church at all. These groups, such as the Brownists, would split from the established church and become known as Separatists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes the Puritans and their beliefs? Favored English Catholics and “high church” forms of religious forms of religious ceremony.