How did the Puritans define guilt,sin,crime, and adultery? What characterized Puritan religion and government?

The Puritans can be described in the following way:

1. They were mostly Calvinist. This basically means their theology was from the insight of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin.

2. Puritan theology emphasized things such as sin (total depravity of man), God's grace in salvation, and the importance of the mortification of sin.

3. They also moved to America to created a community of God that would be a light on a hill to bless the world.

4. Within this society, morality was important and immorality would be shunned both religiously and socially.

5. Adultery was seen as a serious sin and a person could easily become a social outcast.

6. Finally, in terms of government, some may have believed that the proper government should be a theocracy, but many other believed in a separation between church and state. George Whitefield would be an example.