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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan we just start calling republicans, puritans?
They are taken up all their causes.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)blogslug
(37,999 posts)FASCISTS
irisblue
(32,967 posts)elleng
(130,865 posts)The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.[1] Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during the Protectorate.
Puritans were dissatisfied with the limited extent of the English Reformation and with the Church of England's toleration of certain practices associated with the Roman Catholic Church. They formed and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and corporate piety. Puritans adopted a Reformed theology and, in that sense, were Calvinists (as were many of their earlier opponents). In church polity, some advocated separation from all other established Christian denominations in favour of autonomous gathered churches. These Separatist and independent strands of Puritanism became prominent in the 1640s, when the supporters of a presbyterian polity in the Westminster Assembly were unable to forge a new English national church.
By the late 1630s, Puritans were in alliance with the growing commercial world, with the parliamentary opposition to the royal prerogative, and with the Scottish Presbyterians with whom they had much in common. Consequently, they became a major political force in England and came to power as a result of the First English Civil War (16421646). Almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act. Many continued to practice their faith in nonconformist denominations, especially in Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches.[2] The nature of the movement in England changed radically, although it retained its character for a much longer period in New England.
Puritanism was never a formally defined religious division within Protestantism, and the term Puritan itself was rarely used after the turn of the 18th century. Some Puritan ideals, including the formal rejection of Roman Catholicism, were incorporated into the doctrines of the Church of England; others were absorbed into the many Protestant denominations that emerged in the late 17th and early 18th centuries in North America and Britain. The Congregational churches, widely considered to be a part of the Reformed tradition, are descended from the Puritans.[3][4] Moreover, Puritan beliefs are enshrined in the Savoy Declaration, the confession of faith held by the Congregationalist churches.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)Gilead.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,965 posts)Boomerproud
(7,951 posts)I think Republicans are just after power and total control and have no principles whatsoever. Just my opinion.
pwb
(11,261 posts)Which is all Blue, so there's that.
iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,601 posts)Except maybe pure greed.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)The goal of the christofascists is a christian theocracy on par with Iran. Welcome to the Christian Republic of America.
A President for life, Hegemonic power in the legislature and Courts.
Banning:
public education replaced by christian schools
unions
social programs
birth control
abortion
Ideologically controlled media - white nationalism, militarism, hero cult, Jingoism, anti-intellectualism, etc.
agingdem
(7,845 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)even though many claim it is. Just one of many huge hypocrisies to justify their hateful behavior. And they're doing a fine job of dirtying "Republican." Leave them to it.
Here's a really killer article explaining who the RW culture warriors are and how they got to this point. Even one or two paragraphs picked at random will provide serious material for thought.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/20/culture-war-politics-2021-democracy-analysis-489900
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)I mean Puritans actually made physical personal sacrifices to get here. I cant imagine trump or any of them surviving three days on a survival reality show.