Puritans wanted the English Protestant Reformation to go further. They wished to rid the Church of England of “popish” – that is, Catholic – elements like bishops and kneeling at services.

But while the Puritans had mostly set out to create a new, pure Christian commonwealth free from the excesses they perceived in the Church of England, Morton sought commercial opportunities.

The old May Day custom of dancing up the sun is being revived by a Lancashire morris side and combined with a little-known local tradition. On Thursday, May 1, Malkin Morris and their musicians the ...

The very concept of pronatalism owes its current prominence to him and his obsession with fertility. He wants to father a ...

Mr Paisley spoke to BBC News NI at an event organised by a Free Presbyterian Church on the history of the Presbyterian Church ...

The route of Paul Revere’s midnight ride from Boston to Lexington 250 years ago looks much different today. For starters, ...

The historic buildings and land that the January fires spared and destroyed. The Southern California properties come with ...

Why Cults Are As American As Apple Pie” has us thinking about cults. The Manson Family and Branch Davidians come to mind.

A major milestone for the Brick Chapel – a landmark of faith that symbolizes Maryland’s status as a birthplace of religious ...

Hot cross buns have long heralded the start of Easter in the western world, with the marked cross on top a symbol of ...

At that time, Puritans living on what was then the outskirts of Leicester ... They gathered support for the creation of a new ...