Thread: Were the Puritan's Congregationalists?
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Old 04-25-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by shackleton View Post
I am just finding out that the Puritans did not hold to a Presbyterian form of government but were Congregationalists. I was really surprised to find that John Owen was not "Presbyterian." Did this have something to do with the Church of England and abuses of power seen by a top down form of government?
Most Puritans were Presbyterians, but some like John Owen were Conservative Independents.
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