Were the Puritans against charity?

No, Puritans were not against charity. But their attitude toward charity was different in some ways from the Catholics', and in the fierce mutual denunciations of the two religions, some Catholics came to think of the Puritans as being agains... read more

A2A. No, Puritans were not against charity. But their attitude toward charity was different in some ways from the Catholics’, and in the fierce mutual denunciations of the two religions, some Catholics came to think of the Puritans as being against charity. read more

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to"purify" the Church of England from its"Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed. Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during The Protectorate. read more

Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late sixteenth century. Under siege from church and crown, it sent an offshoot in the third and fourth decades of the seventeenth century to the northern English colonies in the New World–a Puritan migration that laid the foundation for the religious, intellectual, and social order of New England. read more