Dissenters

E452381

English Protestants religious group

Dissenters were English Protestants who separated from or refused to conform to the doctrines and practices of the established Church of England, often facing legal and social penalties for their nonconformity.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
English Dissenters	19
English Dissenters and Nonconformity	1
Rational Dissenters	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English Protestants ⓘ religious group ⓘ
advocated	congregational autonomy ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	English Dissenters NERFINISHED ⓘ Nonconformists NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	chapels ⓘ meeting houses ⓘ
broaderConcept	Protestant Nonconformity NERFINISHED ⓘ religious dissent ⓘ
continuedToFace	civil disabilities after 1689 ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
criticized	state church system ⓘ
demanded	freedom of conscience ⓘ freedom of worship ⓘ
excludedFrom	Cambridge University NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford University NERFINISHED ⓘ public office in England ⓘ
experienced	periodic persecution ⓘ social discrimination ⓘ
faced	legal penalties ⓘ social penalties ⓘ
hadRightToWorshipRecognizedBy	Toleration Act 1689 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
includedGroup	Baptists NERFINISHED ⓘ Congregationalists ⓘ Independents ⓘ Presbyterians NERFINISHED ⓘ Puritans NERFINISHED ⓘ Quakers NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of English Nonconformist churches ⓘ religious toleration in Britain ⓘ rise of evangelicalism in Britain ⓘ
languageUsedBy	English ⓘ
legalStatus	nonconformist ⓘ
motivatedBy	opposition to state control of the church ⓘ theological convictions ⓘ
opposedDoctrine	Book of Common Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ episcopal church governance ⓘ
opposedTo	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
refusedToConformTo	doctrines of the Church of England ⓘ practices of the Church of England ⓘ
region	British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
separatedFrom	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo	Act of Uniformity 1662 NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarendon Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Test Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ