AP Euro Reformation Practice Test

Puritans focused on reforming the Church of England from within by removing practices and structures that resembled Catholicism. They argued that worship should be simpler, more scriptural, and governed without the elaborate ceremonies and episcopal hierarchy that echoed Catholic authority. This drive to purify both what was done in worship and how the church was organized is why they fit the description of aiming to purge Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization.

Anglicans are the established church itself, not a reform movement ahead of change; Catholics are outside the Church of England. Separatists wanted to withdraw from the Church of England altogether rather than reform it from within, which is why the Puritans are the best fit for this aim.