How the Pilgrims' Religion Inspired Thanksgiving Learn About the Unshakable Faith of the Pilgrims

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How the Pilgrims' Religion Inspired Thanksgiving
Learn About the Unshakable Faith of the Pilgrims

by   Jack Zavada
Updated October 17, 2017
Details of the Pilgrims' religion are something we rarely hear about during stories of the first Thanksgiving. What did these hardy pioneers believe about God? Why did their ideas lead to persecution in England? And how did their faith make them risk their lives in America and celebrate a holiday which we still enjoy nearly 400 years later?

The Pilgrims' Religion in England

Persecution of the Pilgrims, or Puritan Separatists as they were called then, began in England under the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). She was determined to stamp out any opposition to the Church of England, or Anglican Church.


The Pilgrims were part of that opposition. They were English Protestants influenced by John Calvin and wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church of its Roman Catholic influences. The Separatists objected strongly to church hierarchy and all of the sacraments except baptism and the Lord's Supper.

Read more at: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-pilgrims-religion-701477

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Soon after arrival in the colnies, "Puritan Separatists" back in Merrey Olde Englande, chopped off the head of King Charles I, installed their own"Lord Protector" Oliver Cromwell as head of state. That theocracy went so badly they ousted Cromwell, and reverted to monarchy under King Charles II.

It would be over 100 year slater, when at the founding of our Republic, both monarchy and theocracy were rejected.