American Literature

The general description or idea of covenant theology is about the history of god dealing or having a contract with mankind. Its history starts from creation to fall to salvation. The covenant of theology is not simply considered as a fundamental doctrine but is also treated as the structure that maintains the organization of the biblical passages. Under the covenant of theology are its three theological covenants consist of the covenants of grace, the covenants of works and the covenants of redemption. Many critics of the covenant theology believed that God has deserted his promise to the Jews and considered Christians as the chosen people.
    
    The Puritans and Separatists compose the Protestants in England during the latter part of the sixteenth century. The Puritans were still part of their church but call for specific reforms in many of their rituals and ceremonies. Among the ceremonies that they questions are the sign of the cross in baptisms and the ring during marriage.  They also did not support the idea that separation from the church will be considered as a deadly sin. The Separatists, on the other hand, are groups of Christians that did not believed in the administration of the Church of England and did not distinguished the church. With their different belief, the Separatists formed independent local churches and separated completely from the Church of England.

    The Pilgrim Fathers are the Puritans that decided to leave England for the salvation of their beliefs. As their first settlement, they found themselves at Leyden, Holland in 1609. After ten years, they search for a better freedom and they have decided to settle in America in 1620. They end up reaching not Virginia but Massachusetts in America. The Pilgrim Fathers were led by and organized by Yorkshire-born William Bradford.  During their first year, they encountered a minor problem against the natives.