““Zeal to expunge every trace of Romish superstition resulted in text scrutinizing and “arguments from silence” that forbade traditions such as the exchange of wedding rings and kneeling at Communion, traditions which were not addressed in Scripture and which other Reformers considered adiaphora or “matters indifferent.” In the vigor with which they rejected ritual, turned to an “anti-magical” semiotics, and revised the liturgy, English Puritans have been said to have “out-Calvined Calvin,” becoming a sort of law unto themselves in the world of reformed religion.””
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![“Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, [the Puritan] has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his contempt.” quote by R. H. Tawney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09a/r-h-tawney-25650_contempt_too-often-contemning-the-external-order_429571.jpg)
![“They [the Puritans] disallowed of the cathedral mode of worship; of singing their prayers, and of the antiphone or chanting of the Psalms by turns, which the ecclesiastical commissioners in King Edward the Sixth’s time advised the laying aside. Nor did they approve of musical instruments, as…” quote by Daniel Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/35b/daniel-neal-144827_musical-instruments_they-the-puritans-disallowed-of-the-cath_2487112.jpg)
![“[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d59/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_calvin-trilllin-is-not-writing-about-thi_59424.jpg)
![“I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/243/kevin-sessums-9486_looks_i-never-appear-in-any-of-your-work-come_846227.jpg)