Nonconformist Protestants

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Nonconformist Protestants were English Protestants who separated from the established Church of England, forming various dissenting denominations that rejected its doctrines, governance, or worship practices.

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instanceOf Protestant group
dissenting religious group
religious movement
alsoKnownAs Dissenters NERFINISHED
English Dissenters NERFINISHED
Nonconformists NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
distinguishedFrom Anglicans NERFINISHED
Roman Catholics in England
doctrine emphasis on Scripture as sole authority
emphasis on individual conscience
emergedInCentury 16th century
17th century
geographicFocus England and Wales NERFINISHED
governance congregational church government in many groups
hasCharacteristic rejection of Anglican doctrines
rejection of Anglican governance
rejection of Anglican worship practices
hasPractice lay preaching in many denominations
meeting in chapels rather than parish churches
voluntary church membership
historicalContext English Reformation NERFINISHED
Post-Reformation England NERFINISHED
includesDenomination Baptists NERFINISHED
Congregationalists NERFINISHED
General Baptists NERFINISHED
Independents NERFINISHED
Methodists NERFINISHED
Particular Baptists NERFINISHED
Presbyterians (English) NERFINISHED
Quakers NERFINISHED
Unitarians NERFINISHED
influenced British Liberal politics in the 19th century
British education reforms
British temperance movement NERFINISHED
English social reform movements
legalStatus excluded from many public offices in England
subject to religious disabilities in England
legalStatusChangedBy Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts 1828 NERFINISHED
Toleration Act 1689 NERFINISHED
opposedTo Church of England NERFINISHED
relatedConcept English Dissent NERFINISHED
religious nonconformity
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
separatedFrom Church of England NERFINISHED
spreadTo British colonies
North America NERFINISHED
worshipStyle emphasis on preaching
rejection of Book of Common Prayer in many congregations
simplified liturgy

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Clarendon Code appliesTo Nonconformist Protestants
Anna Laetitia Aikin religion Nonconformist Protestants
this entity surface form: English Dissenting Protestant
Acts of Uniformity opposedBy Nonconformist Protestants
this entity surface form: English Nonconformists
Baptist movement in America influencedBy Nonconformist Protestants
this entity surface form: Separatist churches