Clergy Reserves Act 1840

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The Clergy Reserves Act 1840 was a British North American statute that restructured the controversial Anglican-controlled clergy reserves in Canada by opening them to broader Protestant denominations and facilitating their eventual secularization.

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Clergy Reserves Act 1840 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
British North American statute ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

Canada East ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnacted 1840 ⓘ
field colonial law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
followedBy secularization of clergy reserves in the 1850s ⓘ
hasEffect extended benefits of clergy reserves to multiple Protestant churches ⓘ
paved way for sale and secular use of reserve lands ⓘ
reduced exclusive Anglican control over clergy reserves ⓘ
historicalContext colonial church–state relations in British North America ⓘ
controversy over Anglican control of clergy reserves ⓘ
religious equality debates in Canada ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalSubject church lands ⓘ
clergy reserves ⓘ
religious endowments ⓘ
locationOfSubjectMatter Lower Canada ⓘ
Province of Canada after 1841 union ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
partOf colonial legislation of the British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
primaryPurpose broaden denominational access to clergy reserves ⓘ
facilitate secularization of clergy reserves ⓘ
restructure clergy reserves ⓘ
regulates distribution of clergy reserve revenues ⓘ
management of clergy reserve lands ⓘ
relatedTo Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
Methodist Church of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Church in Canada

Presbyterian Church in Canada (majority) ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterian Church in Canada

Protestant denominations in Canada ⓘ
significance important milestone in religious pluralism in Canada ⓘ
key step in dismantling state-supported Anglican establishment in Canada ⓘ
temporalContext 19th century ⓘ

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Clergy reserves → reformedBy → Clergy Reserves Act 1840 ⓘ