RELI 160D2 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Trent A Regulations B Structure II 2nd Council A 16 Documents Outline of Current Lecture I Puritans A Education B Areas of purification II Baptist Puritans A Southern Baptists III Quakers Current Lecture What s allowed Card playing and gambling forbidden It s a waste of time Modern drinking of liquor is acceptable and so is dancing Education Great attitude toward education and good literature Established Harvard University Kept diaries and wrote about what they did and did not do that day Areas in need of purification 1 The individual Max Weber said Puritans really gave capitalism its greatest lift because they worked so industrially 2 The church Led to different forms of church government Presbyterian church and state are one Congregational baptist separation of church and state 3 Society Should conform to gospel principles Ex Recently the moral majority rev Jerry Falwell He died about 4 years ago Liberty University High academic achievements and their sports are all division one But it teaches puritan Christianity In America Puritans arrive in Plymouth via the Mayflower 1639 Baptists in Rhode Island The Anglicans taught at William And Mary University BAPTISTS within Puritans 29 different denominations Southern Baptist being the largest John Smythe 1570 1612 The founder General baptists Everyone is redeemed we ll all go to heaven Particular baptists Calvinists The biggest of the three Double predestination Southern Baptists 16 million not even counting children Only counts those who are baptized Teachings Scripture is a huge stress Justified by faith and Jesus Won t go to heaven unless you accept Jesus Once saved always saved The truly regenerate that s forever But the superficial haven t made the total commitment Quakers Established by George Fox 17th century You quake at the word of God is what people said they didn t actually call themselves Quakers They believe God is directly approachable within your soul They re part of the mystical tradition where you experience God Puritans thought they re too subjective in interpreting the bible Totally opposed to war Church is a meeting house Refused to take an oath Practice silent prayer Can t work in the government Probably 200k Quakers in America today Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon were raised as Quakers Bible is important but not the most important The Inner Light is the most important thing to them It is God s presence within a person s soul It s personal and constant the bible constantly needs interpretation Methodists Info Age of reason enlightenment Deism