Puritan minister
Strict Protestant clergyman
A Puritan minister was a Protestant clergyman in 16th- and 17th-century England or colonial New England who advocated purifying the Church of England of Catholic practices.
Puritan ministers emphasized scripture, plain worship, and moral rigor.
They wielded significant influence in early American colonies, where church and civil authority intertwined: The Puritan minister thundered against dancing and card-playing.
- Sunday sermonReligious weekly address
- fire and brimstoneWrathful divine punishment imagery
- PredestinationGod's eternal decree beforehand
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- saving graceCompensating good quality
Reformation · Massachusetts Bay Colony · Salem witch trials · Calvinism · Pilgrims · Mayflower Compact · Great Migration · English Civil War · Sabbath observance · Protestantism · Anglican Church · Public speaking · meetinghouse · American exceptionalism · hellfire · church discipline · congregation · black robes
Puritan ministerlibertine
One lacking moral restraint
hedonist · sybarite · rake · debauchee · free spirit
Puritan ministercourtesan
Paid aristocratic companion
burlesque performer · bacchanal · voluptuary · sensualist · playboy
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