It sounds like it means to ask God for forgiveness.
John Hus- Czechoslovakia
Martin Luther- Germany
John Wycliffe- England
Ulrich Zwingli- Switzerland
John Knox- Scotland
John Calvin- France
IN THE 1630S, ENGLISH PURITANS IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY CRE- ATED A SELF-GOVERNMENT THAT WENT FAR BEYOND WHAT EXISTED IN ENGLAND. SOME HISTORIANS ARGUE THAT IT WAS A RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT, OR THEOCRACY. ... Many Anglicans were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the church and make it simpler.
Between 1347 and 1352, the Black Death killed more than 20 million people
in Europe. This was one-third or more of Europe’s population.1
The plague
began in Asia and spread to Europe on trading ships.
3.) to protect individual rights
