Church of England in the Colony of Virginia
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The Church of England in the Colony of Virginia was the established Anglican church that shaped the religious, social, and political life of colonial Virginia until the American Revolution.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglican parishes of colonial Virginia | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican church
ⓘ
established church ⓘ religious institution ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Virginia gentry
ⓘ
planter elite of Virginia ⓘ |
| churchPolity | episcopal polity ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| denomination | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy |
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
disestablishment acts of the Virginia General Assembly ⓘ |
| doctrine | Thirty-Nine Articles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1786 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
English Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingMechanism |
parish levies
ⓘ
public taxation ⓘ tithes in tobacco ⓘ |
| governingBody |
colonial legislature of Virginia
ⓘ
parish vestry ⓘ |
| hadJurisdictionOver |
glebe lands
ⓘ
maintenance of parish churches ⓘ parish poor relief ⓘ parishes in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasClergyTitle |
minister
ⓘ
parson ⓘ rector ⓘ |
| hasLayOffice |
churchwarden
ⓘ
vestryman ⓘ |
| hasPriesthoodType | ordained clergy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pre-Revolutionary Virginia ⓘ |
| influenced |
education in colonial Virginia
ⓘ
moral regulation in colonial Virginia ⓘ political culture in colonial Virginia ⓘ social hierarchy in colonial Virginia ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
established religion
ⓘ
state church ⓘ |
| liturgy | Book of Common Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainClassification | Protestantism ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglican Communion (historical precursor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | Chesapeake colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Parson's Cause
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Two Penny Act controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of parishes in early 17th century Virginia ⓘ disestablishment after the American Revolution ⓘ support by colonial taxation laws ⓘ |
| startTime | 1619 ⓘ |
| successor | Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theology | Reformed ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anglican parishes of colonial Virginia