In 16th-century Christianity, Protestantism came to the forefront and marked a significant change in the Christian world.
Saint Nicholas Concathedral, Prešov, Slovakia after late Gothic reconstruction (1502–1515).
Life of Martin Luther and the heroes of the Reformation
Luther's 95 Theses
Martin Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Puritans
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The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of Engl
Christianity in the 16th century
…and led to the Scottish Covenanters' movement, the precursor to Scottish Presbyterianism. This movement spread, and greatly influenced the formation of Puritanism among the Anglican Church in England. The Scottish Covenanters were persecuted by the Catholic Church. This persecution by the Catholics drove some of…
Gallery of famous 17th-century Puritan theologians: Thomas Gouge, William Bridge, Thomas Manton, John Flavel, Richard Sibbes, Stephen Charnock, William Bates, John Owen, John Howe, and Richard Baxter
The Westminster Assembly, which saw disputes on Church polity in England (Victorian history painting by John Rogers Herbert)
Interior of the Old Ship Church, a Puritan meetinghouse in Hingham, Massachusetts. Puritans were Calvinists, so their churches were unadorned and plain.
Death's head, Granary Burying Ground. A typical example of early Funerary art in Puritan New England