" Puritanism, after all, had been a movement concerned with words (and the word of God), and so when Puritans were no longer educated, the muscle of the movement wasted away. Worse, without strong ties to biblical moorings, over the years that followed many found themselves drifting outside belief in such Christian basics as the Trinity. "

― Michael Reeves , The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation