The main doctrines of American Puritanism
1 They accepted the doctrine of predestination,original sin and total depravity.They considered that man was born sinful,was a sinner and could note redeem his original sin.
“In Adam’s fall,we all sin.”
2 Man did not know whether they could be God’s chosen people,but should live a saint-like life at ordinary times according to God’s will.The Holy Bible was the guidebook to man’s behaviors.
3 Puritanism encouraged people to struggle in their career.If one’s business was booming,it proved that he had gained god’s providence.Puritans meant to prove that they were God’s chosen people,enjoying his blessing on this earth as in heaven.
4 Puritans dreamed of living under a perfect order and worked with indomitable courage and confident hope toward building a new Garden of Eden in America,where man could at long last live the way he should.
5 Puritans stressed hard work,thrift,piety and sobriety.In people’s daily life,religious activities were a matter of first importance and all others should serve the religion.Their lives were disciplined and hard.