It makes the vowel E sound
I did not have a swim yesterday?
or i had a swim yesterday that i did not like?
Puritanism <em>rejected</em> 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 <em>Calvinism</em>.
(since "predestination" which Puritans fostered, was one of the reforms made by Calvinism to Christianity)
Puritans also believed in the concept of <em>"Original Sin"</em>.
<em>(Christian concept that Puritans kept as one of their core beliefs).</em>
