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“A Puritan believed it was necessary to venture back to the absolute beginning of Christianity, before the church had been corrupted by centuries of…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do…

— Anonymous

There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.

— Susie Bright

The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard…

— John Frame

The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.

— Wendell Phillips

“For puritans of whatever faith, God is in the detail.”

— Tim Mackintosh-Smith

“The Puritans are conventionally considered more "moderate" than the Pilgrims. This is like calling al-Qaeda more moderate than ISIS. The Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans…

— Kurt Andersen

Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The…

— J. I. Packer

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality -…

— Hugh Hefner

The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.

— Sam Levenson

The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God…

— Leland Ryken