Mastodawn

Pilkington—Puritan, expounding Proverbs—prays the wealthy would open their barns rather than corner markets during hunger. Solomon’s verdict: hoarders get cursed, sellers get blessed. Note the nuance: private property stays intact. It’s simply that hoarding during famine attracts God’s plague and popular fury. Today we’d sooner blame the hungry for coveting. Proverbs disagrees.

#christian #puritans #neighbor #bible #proverbs

Greg Johnson Mar 29

Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans

Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
#chistian #puritans #calvinist #biblical #colossians #presbyterian

Ken in Northern PA Mar 28

Who were the first people to BAN #Christmas? Why, the #Puritans, of course! www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n... America founded as a #Christian nation - MY ASS!

All the Scrooge countries that...

All the Scrooge countries that once banned Christmas - and Britain was first

Christmas was banned in England in the 1600s and decorations, parties, and feasting were all forbidden. Other countries followed and some parts of the world still do not allow festive celebrations

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PugJesus Mar 23

The Puritans who stole Christmas!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas

Public Domain Image Archive Mar 20

William Pynchon (1896), from The Puritan in England and New England
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Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0523875e-8da7-47ba-b5ce-7214fa94ad73

#springfield #puritans #art #publicdomain

Greg Johnson Mar 9

Samuel 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

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R.L. Dane

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Feb 15

@spaceraser @amin

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 Encyclopedia Feb 11

The 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...

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PugJesus Feb 7

Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1751744/yes-i-m-the-puritan-who-stole-christmas

World History Encyclopedia Feb 6

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/

The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Silencing Dissent in Colonial America

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