Did Separatists feel that it was impossible to reform the Puritan Church from within?

Answer 1

The Puritans:
Some members of the Anglican Church (England's Natinal Church) desired a more radical reformation of
its worship and order than was prescribed by Elizabeth’s Act of Uniformity (1559). Because these members wanted to purify the national church from all traces of Roman Catholicism, they were nicknamed “Puritans.” It is important to note that the Elizabethan Puritans did not desire to leave the Anglican Church. They aimed, instead, to transform it from within. They campaigned for a Presbyterian form of church government, for equality of ministers (no bishops!), for church discipline exercised by elders, better preaching, and energetic recruitment for the ministry. Later on, the name “Puritan” was applied loosely to anyone who practiced serious piety. In 1593, Queen Elizabeth had an act passed against the Puritans, which allowed for their imprisonment should they fail to attend the Anglican Church service.

The Seperatists:
Unlike the Puritans, the Separatists left the Anglican Church to form their own congregations. They thought that reforming the national church from within would be too tedious and would take too long. Unlike the Puritans, the Separatists believed that each local congregation was a complete church in itself, independentof other churches. No church should interfere with or have a say in the affairs of another church. In other words, the Separatists wanted a Congregational type of church government. Both the Puritans and the Separatists were Reformed or Calvinistic in Theology.

In 1620, a group of Separatists established the Plymouth Colony in America, and are called Pilgrims. Nine years later, in 1629, another English group of colonists established the Massachusetts Bay Colony – these colonizers were Puritans.

So... both the Puritans and the Separatists originated from the Anglican Church.

Answer 2

yes, they wanted to purify the church
so they separated from the church of England

Answer 3

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