The Story of the PilgrimsIn the fourteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church reigned supreme in England. The first break from the Church occurred in the early 1500s when King Henry VII wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine. The King's break with the Roman Catholic Church created the Anglican Church (Church of England) which, though not entirely Protestant, nonetheless allowed a revival of Protestantism. Many of these Protestants were called Puritans "because of their wish to purify and reform the State Church." Religious persecution continued through the 1600s, however, for any group that varied too far from the teachings of the Church of England. The Pilgrims evolved from the Puritans. The author endeavors "to make plain something of the exalted character of the men and women whom preeminently the world has agreed to call the Pilgrims...." who "maintained steadily their lofty intellectual, moral, and religious standards and soon exerted an enlightening influence upon the world out of all proportion to the smallness of their colony." This informative and readable history includes biographical sketches of Robert Browne, William Brewster, William Bradford, and John Robinson, as well as many notes on lesser known but nonetheless important early Pilgrims. The Pilgrim towns of Scrooby and Austerfield in England are described in detail, as is the now-famous Plymouth Colony of 1620 in Massachusetts. The author describes the colony in detail, devoting chapters to its early life, commercial history, and first year of existence. This book was originally printed as a series of weekly articles in 1893 for members of the Scrooby Clubs, a nationwide collection of individuals associated with the Congregational Church. (1894, 1990), 2022, 51/2x81/2, paper, index, 386 pp. |
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... involve him in the same perils which threatened them . When those members of the Gainsbor- ough church who had been left behind by the emigration of their associates to Amsterdam established themselves 76 The Story of the Pilgrims .
... they determined at last to emi- grate to Holland , Brewster had cast in his lot with them finally , and he acted as a leader in the undertaking and shared their gravest perils and sufferings . In Leyden he became Brewster and Bradford . 77.
Morton Dexter. their gravest perils and sufferings . In Leyden he became the elder of the church . Having necessarily sacrificed much of his property in leaving England , he supported himself at first by teaching English and later by ...
... involve him in the same perils which threatened them . When those members of the Gainsborough church who had been left behind by the emigration of their associates to Amsterdam established themselves 76 The Story of the Pilgrims .
... must have de- cided at last that they ought to depart . The providence of God seemed to leave them no other practicable alternative . In Holland , whatever its disadvantages and even perils might prove Other Scrooby Pilgrims . 105.
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Brewster-Ellis Genealogy, 1566-1969 and the Matthias Mogan Genealogy, 1775-1969 Viola Mogan Stevens No preview available - 1970 |