Post your Pilgrims... and a little history lesson. ANSWER POSTED 11/14.

SkyMan

Well, it's that time of year again, so post your Pilgrims... and since it is that time of year again I thought that it would be time for a little history lesson.

Puritans often get a bad rap in this country... think of how many times you've heard about "Puritanical" this or that. Just like the Waltz was once thought of as highly risque, the Puritans were at one time thought of as the Radicals of their era. Can anyone tell me what it was that the Puritans agitated for that was HIGHLY progressive for that era and that got the Powers That Be so upset? I'll post the answer no later than tomorrow morning my time (CA.).

EDITED TO ADD: Answer posted below 9:15 am 11/14.

percyb

Well, the Puritans were Separatists, that is, they sought to separate themselves from the Church of England. Once in New England, they separated again with Roger Williams and others taking worship outta da church and inta the home. didn't need no priest or pastor tellin 'em about the ways of the lord and they--Anne Hutchinson et.al were coined antinomians. This caused an uproar!! all this started the ball of division after division--and states were formed by the outcasts, Rhode Island comes to mind, until the states all claimed a "voice" in the culture, which lead to democracy--a multifaceted policital, social, and religious culture that's the bedrock of our nation. Hope I'm on the right track here answering your question, in abbreviated form. Nice lookin' com there!

FatMan

RonLJr

Drool...slobber...slobber....drool!
So cool!

coinsarefun

Very nice Pilgrims. Mine is not as great but....

eyore

ram1946

jmj3esq

ProofArtworkonCircs

It was the Pilgrims who were separatists. The Puritans wanted to purify the established church. This would be very radical to the established officialdom.

Broadstruck

I always miss owning a Pilgrim around Thanksgiving

LeeG

Very nice examples folks!


Pilgrim

richardshipp

ricko

Some nice coins here.... thanks, Cheers, RickO

SeattleSlammer

PCGS 64

SeattleSlammer

FatMan, I love that Pilgrim of yours!

SkyMan

Lovely Pilgrims everyone!!!


Also, there were some good responses to the question. The answer I was looking for was that the Puritans were considered Radical for their times because they agitated for Universal Public Education. Basically it was an outgrowth in their belief that each person should stand before God without some sort of intermediary like the (Episcopal) Church. Thus everybody should be able to read the Bible on their own. Given the percentage of people that had some sort of schooling during this Era (and thus had The Power of Knowledge), this was indeed a firebreathing sort of outlook.

OneCent

All these Pilgrims are sensational!!! Gotta get me one!!!

Fatman...the wonderful toning and blinding luster on your gorgeous specimen is unreal. Is that coin an NGC * (star)?