{"id":6263,"date":"2024-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:23:10","slug":"puritans-vs-protestants-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/puritans-vs-protestants-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Puritani contro Protestanti: i Puritani erano Protestanti inglesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Puritans were Protestants. &quot;Protestant&quot; names the whole family of churches that came out of the Reformation, and the Puritans were one movement inside it: English Protestants of the late 1500s and 1600s who wanted to purify the Church of England of what they saw as leftovers of Roman Catholic worship. Every Puritan was a Protestant. Most Protestants were never Puritans. QuestionPuritansProtestants as a whole WhoOne English reform movementThe whole family of Reformation churches When and whereEngland from the 1560s; New\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puritans were Protestants: English reformers who wanted a church with only what Scripture commands. How they differed from other Protestants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-6263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3835,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/presbyterian-protestant-differences\/","url_meta":{"origin":6263,"position":0},"title":"Presbyterian vs Protestant: Presbyterians Are Protestants Governed by Elders","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, Presbyterians are Protestants, of the Reformed family. 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