Puritans vs Pilgrims vs Protestants

Protestants

• followers of christian faith
• originated from the protestant reformation
• movement against what its followers considered to be errors in the Roman Catholic Church
• follows any western christian church that is separate from the roman catholic church

Pilgrims

• separatists that thought the Church of England and Catholic Church had lost its way, beyond repair
• believed in predestination
• believed there was only 2 sacraments: baptism and lord's supper
• Church heirarchy, five officers: Pastor, teacher, elder, deacon, and deaconess

Puritans

• English reformed protestants
• wanted to purify church of england from roman catholic practices
• believed god had formed and agreement with them

Differences

• pilgrims were separatists
• puritans were non-separating congregationalists
• Protestants apart of western church and follow principles of reform