Declaration for Liberty of Conscience

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The Declaration for Liberty of Conscience was a 1687–1688 royal proclamation by James II of England that sought to suspend penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters, becoming a key flashpoint in the political and religious tensions leading to the Glorious Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
legal document
royal proclamation
aimedTo suspend penal laws against Catholics
suspend penal laws against Protestant dissenters
alsoKnownAs Declaration of Indulgence
Declaration of Indulgence
surface form: James II’s Declaration for Liberty of Conscience
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Scotland
contributedTo Glorious Revolution
controversialFor use of royal prerogative to suspend statutes
country Kingdom of England
endTime 1688
followedBy English Bill of Rights
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689

Toleration Act 1689
hasEffect granting of limited freedom of worship
suspension of religious tests for office
hasPart Declaration of Indulgence
surface form: English Declaration of Indulgence of 1687

Declaration of Indulgence
surface form: Irish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687

Declaration of Indulgence
surface form: Scottish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687
historicalPeriod Stuart period
surface form: Restoration England

Stuart period
surface form: Stuart monarchy
issuedBy Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

James II of England
legalBasisClaimed royal dispensing power
legalStatus suspension of penal laws
location England
Ireland
Scotland
mainSubject Catholic emancipation
Protestant dissenters
penal laws
religious toleration
monarch James II of England
notableEvent trial of the Seven Bishops (1688)
surface form: trial of the Seven Bishops
opposedBy Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglican Church

bishops of the Church of England
surface form: Church of England bishops

English Parliamentarians
Tory
surface form: Tory politicians

Whig Party
surface form: Whig politicians
politicalAlignment pro-Catholic policy
publicationDate 1687
relatedTo Catholic–Protestant relations in England
English penal laws
Test Act 1673
surface form: Test Acts
significantIn history of religious freedom in Britain
startTime 1687

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Declaration of Indulgence alsoKnownAs Declaration for Liberty of Conscience