Pilgrims Vs Puritan

The difference between the pilgrims and the puritans i s that the puritans had no intention of breaking with the Anglican Church. The puritans were nonconformists as were the pilgrims, both refused to accept the authority of the revealed word. The puritans considered religion a very complex, subtle, and highly intellectual affair. Its leaders were highly trained scholars, whose education translated into positions that were often authoritarian. Puritans wanted to remain as part of the English establishment. Even as they emigrated to New England, they affirmed their Englishness and saw the main purpose of their new colony as being that of a biblical witness, a “city on hill” which would set an example of biblical righteousness in church and state

These twin streams of biblical Christians can still be seen in the USA to this day. It is the thesis of this series or articles that the puritans and the pilgrims are still with us. These two groups overlap to some degree, and they are not watertight at all. Many Christians operate in both camps but at different times. The spirit, essence, and character of the two communions have not really changed in their passage through the centuries. There was no doubt that the pilgrims were different from the puritans. Their main priority was to spread the gospel. This was the good news of personal salvation by faith in Christ, but the scope of the task had been given went far beyond their own community. The pilgrims had a responsibility to take the gospel to the heathen out in places beyond their own shores. They had been commissioned personally with the Great Commission. They were his witnesses to the ends of earth and even to the end of the age. Both groups look into the scriptures as a guide in their lives. They profess in reading, examining, and interpreting the bible. As people, pilgrims and puritans are also different because puritans give an emphasis to education; meanwhile pilgrims are working people or yeomen. They both have a similar ancestry, shared history, and goals. The puritans are original group which aimed to bring back simplicity and virtue in Christianity. The pilgrims are the separatists who were once puritans but were discontent at reforms. The pilgrims came first to America and settled in Plymouth while the puritans came later and settled in Massachusetts. Pilgrims practiced a form of democracy in their community comprised of working men. On the other hand, puritans are higher in the social and economic status. They also practiced a theocracy form of governance. John Foxe is the leader of the puritans while Robert Browne is the pilgrim’s