Why was the term Puritan an apt characterization of the Calvinists within the English church seeking further reformation?
What will be an ideal response?
This term was fitting because the Puritans did want to purify their church, in the sense that they wanted to create a pure form of Christian worship that was not tainted by unreformed Catholic practices.
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(A) front-line soldiers, suffering the heaviest casualties (B) service personnel in combat areas (C) spies (D) aviators (E) gunners on battleships
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A. Puritans B. Separatists C. Huguenots D. Colonial Jews