General Information about the Puritans

The Puritans where a group of reformers who where discontent with the Church of England.  Too much power where in the hands of priests, bishops and cardinals.  They wanted to purify the church from man-made doctrines and political struggles, stressing the Bible as only authority, individual prayer, holiness and greater participation of the congregation in church affairs.

Their attempts to reform the church from within where met with great opposition and, in some cases, persecution.  Puritanism spread as many emigrated and settled in New England, but also spread to Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.

Some of the names included here cannot strictly be classified as puritans, but their life and writing reveals that they are of the same mold as that of the puritans.

Web Resources

A Puritan's Mind   John 5:39 "...search the Scriptures..."  A good resource for puritan reformed theology and history

Puritan Library  Information about individual puritans and a treasure trove of downloadable puritan writings.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library  Bringing Christian classic books to life - Library of Christian classic literature.

Meet the Puritans  Greate resource with articles, book reviews and all things puritan.

Eternal Life Ministries  Caring by Sharing Treasures of God's Truth