What Were the Broad Patterns in Religion with Consequences on the
English Colonies?
If you do not understand these brief
phrases, please ask. All of these divisions in Christianity are just the beginning
and all these versions have consequences on the New World, the part where the
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Religion |
Major Beliefs? |
Organization? |
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Roman Catholicism |
7 sacraments. Examples: -
baptism -
death
rites -
marriage -
priesthood -
communion
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Hierarchy: -
pope ( -
bishops -
priest If violence needed
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New World example: |
P R O T E S T A N T R E F O R M A T I O N |
Lutheranism - 1517 Martin
Luther (German) - 1520 Martin
Luther excommunicated |
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New World example: |
Church of England1 - 1527 Henry VIII
excommunicated - 1529 Church of
England formed |
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England as the
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Calvinism - 1536 John Calvin
Institutes of Christian Religion (Swiss) |
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English
Puritans—to ·
English
Separatists—to ·
Scottish
Presbyterians—“backcountry” (frontier) of ·
French
Huguenots – few to ·
Dutch
Reform – in |
1 The adjective for Church of England is Anglican.
2
Following the American Revolution, the name changes in the
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