Nonconformism in England

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Nonconformism in England was a religious movement comprising Protestant groups that rejected full conformity to the doctrines and practices of the established Church of England, advocating independent worship and church governance.

All labels observed (10)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant movement
religious movement
advocated freedom of worship
liberty of conscience
separation of church and state in ecclesiastical matters
voluntary church membership
alsoKnownAs Dissent in England
English Nonconformity
associatedWith Act of Uniformity 1662
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Clarendon Code
Sunday schools in England
Test Acts
linked to: Test Act 1673

Toleration Act 1689
abolitionist movement in Britain
chapel culture in England
temperance movement in Britain
characterizedBy independent church governance
independent worship
rejection of the authority of the established Church of England in matters of church governance
rejection of the authority of the established Church of England in matters of worship
country England
emergedAfter English Reformation
hadDemographicBase industrial working classes in some regions of England
urban middle classes in England
historicalPeriod post-Reformation England
includes Baptists in England
linked to: Baptists

Congregationalists in England
English Presbyterians outside the Church of England
Independents in England
Methodists in England
linked to: Methodist churches

Quakers in England
Unitarians in England
linked to: Unitarianism
influenced 19th-century social reform in Britain
British liberal politics
English education reforms
influencedBy Calvinist theology
linked to: Calvinism

Evangelical Revival in Britain
legalStatus subject to civil disabilities in early modern period
opposedTo establishment of the Church of England
full conformity to the Church of England
religious tests for public office in Britain
relatedTo Dissenting academies in England
Nonconformist conscience
Puritanism
religiousTradition Protestantism
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
19th century
early 20th century

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Separatists broaderMovement Nonconformism in England
George Fox hasCause English Dissenters
linked to: Nonconformism in England
George Fox participantIn English Dissenting movement
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Bunhill Fields associatedWith English Dissenters
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Clarendon Code opposedGroup Nonconformists
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Clarendon Code opposedBy Protestant Dissenters in England
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Henry Barrow movement English Nonconformism
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Northampton Academy associatedWithMovement English Nonconformity
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Congregational churches in the United Kingdom tradition English Nonconformism
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Congregational churches in the United Kingdom partOf Protestant Nonconformity in the United Kingdom
linked to: Nonconformism in England
English Presbyterian Church partOf English Nonconformity
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Nonconformism in England alsoKnownAs English Nonconformity
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Nonconformism in England alsoKnownAs Dissent in England
linked to: Nonconformism in England
Isaac Watts movement Nonconformism
linked to: Nonconformism in England