Question

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Puritanism the wealth, power, and authority of Catholicism and the Church of England. Puritans adopted the basic principles of , including predestination. The Puritans believed that God predetermined everyone's fate. Nothing—not wealth, achievements, power, or even good deeds—could change a person's destiny. This idea was very different from Catholicism and Anglicanism—both of which believed in free will. According to the doctrine of free will, a person can earn salvation through good deeds and holy behavior. Puritans also believed in the concept of . Humans were flawed, sinful beings that could only be saved through the grace of God.

Answer 1

Puritanism rejected the wealth, power, and authority of Catholicism and the Church of England.

(Puritans did not accept the Catholic Church as authority in the 16th and 17th centuries)

Puritans adopted the basic principles of Calvinism.  

(since "predestination" which Puritans fostered, was one of the reforms made by Calvinism to Christianity)

Puritans also believed in the concept of "Original Sin".

(Christian concept that Puritans kept as one of their core beliefs).