Puritans
101United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
102High Commission, Court of — English ecclesiastical court instituted by Henry VIII to enforce the Act of Supremacy (1534). It became a controversial instrument of repression, used against those who refused to acknowledge the authority of the Church of England. Its main… …
103Hooker, Richard — born March 1554?, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon, Eng. died Nov. 2, 1600, Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury, Kent English clergyman and theologian. He attended the University of Oxford, became a fellow of Corpus Christi College in 1577, and was ordained… …
104Presbyterian Church of England — church organized in 1876 by merger of the United Presbyterian Church and various English and Scottish Presbyterian congregations in England. The United Presbyterian Church had resulted from the merger of some Scottish and English… …
105Congregationalism — • The successful establishment of the New England colonies was an event of the utmost importance in the development of Congregationalism, a term preferred by the American Puritans to Independency and gradually adopted by their coreligionists in… …
106Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony) — Calvinism John Calvin Background Christianity …
107Outline of United States history — The following outline provides an overview and topical guide to the history of the United States. Contents 1 By period 1.1 Named eras and periods 1.2 …
108Congregationalism — Congregationalism is a Protestant movement that grew out of the Reformation in England and evolved into several major denominations. It has always stressed a church polity that keeps power in the individual congregation. Congregationalism… …
109Savoy Declaration — The Savoy Declaration was the doctrinal confession of those British Puritans who followed a congregational church polity. On September 29, 1658, toward the end of the Commonwealth (when Puritans governed England), prominent Puritans who… …
110Calvinism — Religions Calvinism, Presbyterianism Calvinism John Ca …
