The Religious Development of Poquonock and Rainbow

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The Religious Development of Poquonock and Rainbow: A ThesisEveryone was compelled by law to worship in the established church of which the King claimed to be the head. Those who refused to obey the decrees of the church 'were crushed with despotic cruelty.The dissenters may be divided into three main groups: (1) Those who still clung to the church in hopes of reforming it. They were called Puritans. (2) Those who dissented because they saw no hope of reform. The Pilgrims belonged to this group. (3) Those who believed the established church was not in conformity with the New Testament.The clergy of the Church of England were at a difference in regard to wearing what J oh'n Fox called 'mathematical caps with four corners', and 'theatrical dresses', and 'popish in signia'. A royal decree published in March 1564 made it imperative upon all ministers of the Gospel to wear the regu lation vestments when officiating at Divine service. Dissent from this decree by many ministers became so strenuous that the Archbishop told the Queen in regard to the dissenters, 'these precise folks would offer their goods, and their bodies, to prison rather than relent.' Then the dissenters were first called Puritans, as 'men that did profess a greater purity in the worship of God, and a greater detestation of the cere monies and corruptions of Rome, than the rest of their brethren'.A New History of Old Windsor, Conn., page 12, Windsor Journal Press, 1935.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.