PugJesusThe Puritans who stole Christmas!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas
Public Domain Image ArchiveWilliam Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
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Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
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Greg JohnsonSamuel Willard, Puritan in Boston, looked at “Thou shalt not kill” and sighed: it reaches the workplace too. Cruel masters who grind the belly and lash the back ruin both body and soul. Oh, and Judgment Day will remember.
So tell me—how do you treat the ones whose labor keeps your life afloat?
#puritans #tencommandments #workers #reformedscholastics #reformedtheology #southmeetinghouse
R.L. Dane 
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Makes me think of the #Puritans, oddly enough.
The common pattern of someone trying to set up a society upon ostensibly noble principles, only to see it "turn awry, and lose the name of action" within a single generation, and crumble a couple generations later and essentially look nothing like it was meant to.
World History EncyclopediaThe Antinomian Controversy (1636-1638) was a religious-political conflict that divided the Massachusetts Bay Colony of New England in the 17th century. #History #Puritans #JohnWinthrop #Christianity #AnneHutchinson #ColonialAmerica #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-19410-en/
Antinomian Controversy: Inspiring the Separation of Church and State in the USA
The Antinomian Controversy (1636-1638) was a religious-political conflict that divided the Massachusetts Bay Colony of New England in the 17th century. The disagreement, also known as the Free Grace...
Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1751744/yes-i-m-the-puritan-who-stole-christmas
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious dissident who was brought to trial by John Winthrop (1588-1649) and the other magistrates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 for spreading "erroneous opinions" regarding religious belief and practice. #History #Puritans #JohnWinthrop #AnneHutchinson #ColonialAmerica #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-1669-en/
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious reformer, Puritan dissident, midwife, and alleged prophetess whose beliefs and influence brought her into conflict with the magistrates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, especially its governor, John Winthrop (1588-1649), in 1636-1638. #History #Puritans #JohnWinthrop #AnneHutchinson #ColonialAmerica #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-19380-en/
ToadlyturtleRE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798
It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many
#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous
Salty CurmudgeonDear #MAGA,
The #Puritans in Salem didn't hang #Witches, they hung women for simply being women.
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