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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... tion intended for their relief , 12 and the infamous Star Chamber and Court of High Commission were allowed to pursue their cruel work steadily . It is worth while to notice some of the particular grievances of the Puritans . For one ...
... tion and Scripture reading upon holidays , when many evil practices were common , were punishable for that.17 Clergymen themselves actually were forbidden to join in observing days of personal fasting and prayer for the queen and the ...
... there was much which was praiseworthy and of permanent value to the world . If he merited considerable blame , he also deserved sincere pity and some admira- tion . At any rate he is entitled fairly to 48 The Story of the Pilgrims .
Morton Dexter. tion . At any rate he is entitled fairly to the credit of having been the pioneer Con- gregationalist of his own and the succeed- ing generations . CHAPTER IV . CONGREGATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND MARTYRS . T has Robert Browne .
... tion lies in the fact that they probably were written in large part , if not alto- gether , by Congregationalists . A number of preliminary publications had prepared the way for them . Thomas Cartwright , ' for example , wrote several ...
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Brewster-Ellis Genealogy, 1566-1969 and the Matthias Mogan Genealogy, 1775-1969 Viola Mogan Stevens No preview available - 1970 |