During the hostile times in the 16th to 18th century, there where many different
            
             religious differences in the Roman Catholics and groups of followers of each sects.
            
             "Most major religious movement reflects significant shift in religious beliefs and
            
             produced important social changes." There had been many different callings and actions
            
             occurred among the 17th century Puritans and changes over time occurred and later
            
             caused the First Great Awakening. The Puritanism faith came in an upheaval and moved
            
             away from the Church of England. In the Great Awakening, after decades of religious
            
             downfall, this caused a new era of religious revival which had many outlasting changes.
            
             Both the Puritanism and the Great awakening had different religious outlooks, and also
            
             both caused religious and social changes that left a leading impact in the world that are
            
             still around today.
            
             During the 17th century, Puritanism started after religious differences and thoughts
            
             differed among the people. In England, there was a problem of separation of
            
             religion and state, which were incorporated together. Church leaders such as
            
             priest where brought and put as leaders of communities, and as government officials.
            
             Apart of the Roman Catholic belief was that there were certain people who where the
            
             "elect" as going to heaven and some were of pre-damnation or going to hell, and they
            
             were somehow elected to be the leaders of the communities because they are the purest
            
             around. Apart from that, a German man named of Martin Luther started the Protestant
            
             Reformation of which he was not agreeing with the ways of the church and state as being
            
             one. The puritan faith spread first to the lower class of farmers and provided spiritual
            
             comfort to the economically disadvantaged. The Puritans believed that only "visible
            
             saints" should be admitted to the church mem...