Puritan Beliefs and Values

Puritan Beliefs and Values
A. Predestination--all events are foreknown and foreordained by God
B. Election--God chooses who is saved and who is damned. Nagging Puritan question: "Am I saved?"
C. Value of education
1. Publicly supported schools needed to oppose Satan ("Old Deluder" laws)
2. Harvard founded in 1636 to train ministers
3. Probably 70% of New England literate in 1770
D. Intolerance--error must be opposed and driven out
II. Puritan Political Life
A. Voting restricted to church members
B. Blurring of political and religious authori…