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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clergy Reserves Act 1840 canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| 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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