If the Puritans didn't have a problem with the church being the way it was, then why would they want to change the church to become something bigger and better than before? After successfully traveling across the ocean to America to re-construct the pure version of the Protestant Church, the Protestants were finally satisfied with their corrections and came to the conclusion that they had finally created the ideal church. However many years later, the Protestants traveled a long rough distance to make it back to their homeland. They built the perfect, pure church back at their homeland where they could finally practice their religion the "right way" now that the catholic influences had left. Or was this the right way? What the Puritans never realized was that the church never changed itself, but the people that belonged to the church were the ones changing the atmosphere and religion practiced inside. The question I raise is, was it really necessary to travel such a long distance for many years to create something they could have just fixed in the original Church of England? Is the Catholic influence better for them or were they possibly overreacting?
1 comment:
Sarah, interesting blog. I think that even though it does seem a lot to travel so far to correct the church, it couldn't have been done in England. I think this because at the time the Catholic church was very strict, to the point that they would punish people who didn't accept their ways. Also, the puritans didn't want to pay taxes which was another reason for their move.
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