Question

Who was the one that made rules of self government? Puritans or Pilgrims? PLZZZZ HELP MEEEE

Answer 1

In the reign of Elizabeth I a remarkable thing happened. A group of learned Christians in Geneva, Switzerland, produced a new form of the Bible. The Gutenberg Printing Press helped them distribute this to the public. Now anyone could have his own copy of the Bible. Before, they had to rely on the clergy’s interpretations to tell them what the Good Book said.

The Geneva Bible, the first mass produced study Bible, was made available for the public and in England in 1575. (The 1599 printing had more footnotes and margin notes than any version before or since.) By 1609, the Pilgrims realized that they couldn’t reconcile the teachings of the Church of England with their interpretation of God’s Word. So they packed up and moved to Leyden, Holland. The King and his loyalists called them Separatists, since they separated themselves from their countrymen. They didn’t take the name Pilgrims until they once again packed up and moved – this time to the New World and a place called Plymouth.

Puritans
At the same time in England, another group took an influence from the Geneva Bible. We call them the Puritans. The Puritans also believed that their interpretation of God’s Word did not reconcile with the teachings of the Church of England. However, they believed they should stay in England and purify the church from within – hence the name Puritans.