This is where churches are run like a business and they compete against each other, which creates lots of improvements to get new people in. In England, however, there is very little choice, its more like if you are religious and a Christian, you have very little choice but to go to The Church Of England. Another reason why membership and support in religious organisations has declined in the last 30 years is because it is very rare for a child to be brought up religious. Parents and Grandparents have their faith, but opt not to force religion onto their child, instead they would prefer to let the child choose their beliefs themselves. In todays modern day, it is very unlikely for a child to choose to be religious.
However, considering that almost all of England, and Europe for that matter, was Roman Catholic at the time (bar a few smaller Christian religions, which did not affect the country on a national level), it is not the case that religion, or religious disagreements, caused rebellion against the king. Even the different rival factions (Yorkist’s, Burgundy, Ireland, etc.) were all of the same religion. Furthermore, the Church itself was a major form of authority; since enforcing laws in a country such as England was difficult due to the vast distances between each county, the churches were “the main stabilizing force”. The church was ran by the Vatican, and not the state, therefore, if the people were upset by the church, they would protest to the church and not to the monarchy.
You can see all of these important characteristics in all that they accomplished. Although they had many similar characteristics, Puritans criticized the many of the Enlightenment figure’s ways of living such as their motives, their scientific views, and how to please God. One area in which the Puritans criticized the Enlightenment thinkers was in their motives. The Puritans were some of the most religious people of their day. Sometimes they focused so much on right and wrong that they lost sight of what God wants them to do.
There were both short and long term reasons for the petition and why it was presented to the new King. The Puritans were not happy with Elizabeth’s middle way she created that was meant to be a mixture of regulations from both the catholic and protestant churches in order to please as many people as she could. They thought that there were more elements of the church that were in agreement with the Catholic Church rules than the protestant ones though. The Puritans wanted the church to be a lot plainer, with not a lot of colours, whereas the Catholic Church was full of colours and stain glass windows. Hence the reason that a part to the petition was that ministers should not to wear gowns.
This made enforcing any policy on the Church as hard and this was a serious underlying problem that was obvious when Charles came to power in 1625. The only strength that the crown had to go on, considering that there was a lot against the crown in terms of strength, was that society was generally in agreement that social structure was made by God and therefore the king should be respected and was chosen by divine right. Before 1625 there was no real threat to the social order but the growing population when Charles was succeeding the throne put this strength in jeopardy as movement between ranks in society and classes was easier and without a police force he would struggle to restrain any violence or people questioning of the social structures and
The king was supposed to be chosen by God to rule the people in the way he commanded. The king was the closest thing to God on earth and the people of royalty generally ruled closely with the church. As the monarchy's rein started to come to an end, the church's tight grip on the citizens slowly started to loosen. With the implication of democracy, the church lost all real power to make laws and actually govern the people. The church still held power over peoples' morals, but without the monarchy's to enforce it the church's found their power decreasing.
This area was mostly inhabited by Quakers, that saw no threat from other religious groups. Religion did not play a very important role in the Southern colonies because the people living there were mostly individual young men that traveled to the New World because of economic reasons and to make money. Although they tax-supported the Church of England (except for North Carolina) there was religious freedom to some extent. The distribution of the plantations and farms all over the country, in contrast to dense population and cities, also made it more difficult and expensive to establish churches. Catholic Maryland ensured religious freedom to all Christians which was exceptional since most Catholics were being prosecuted.
Since they were great friends, Henry II thought this would give him the perfect opportunity to control both the Church and all other aspects of England. Henry II had believed that the Church courts punished much more lightly than the royal courts did. This is mainly why he wanted control over both and he had believed with the appointment of his good friend, Thomas Becket, he could easily control all of that. Becket originally did not want the position as Archbishop; he thought being chancellor gave him as much power as he could have wanted. He had also written to Henry II, “our friendship
Although the ideas were brought down to and understood by the common people, the movement’s impetus was a group of philosophers. The Great Awakening was about faith and spirituality. The renewed faith amongst individuals changed the way people saw their own established Churches. This movement affected the established Churches; some were even undermined by the idea that one could receive God’s grace without the clergy. While the Awakening affected the Church, the Enlightenment affected government.
Because of their faithfulness, they set theocracies in place to govern the people. Also, they had very strict laws that limited the rights of women, and it was said that all of their laws were interpreted from the Bible. In the Puritan society, if you had power in the church, such as being a minister, then you had power in the government, along with wealthy people who also had a huge say in the government. To sum it up, the Puritans instituted their strong religious