Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century

Church membership was required for voting and holding public office .

Explanation:

Puritans are the religious groups who came from the Catholic stronghold England to America to escape persecution from the Roman Catholic Church and its authority of discrimination against any religion other than the Catholic belief. The early settlement of the Puritans first emerged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In order to be eligible for any form of participation or involvement in the affairs of the society/ government, the colony requires the people to attend church, and be a member of the church if they are to be entitled to any church services such as baptism and The Lord's Supper. Thus, church membership was seen or taken as the prerequisite for any right to vote or hold public offices.