Dissenters

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
English Dissenters 19
Dissenters canonical 1
English Dissenters and Nonconformity 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Protestantism
separatedFrom Church of England NERFINISHED
subjectTo Act of Uniformity 1662 NERFINISHED
Clarendon Code NERFINISHED
Test Acts NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarendon Code opposedGroup Dissenters
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
Daventry Academy religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Charles Morton’s academy at Newington Green religiousAffiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Pilgrim Separatists partOf English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Hoxton Academy religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Hoxton Academy affiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Coward College religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Warrington Academy religiousOrientation English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Bristol Baptist Academy associatedWith English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Kendal Academy religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Kendal Academy controlledBy English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Northampton Academy religiousAffiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Philip Doddridge religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Taunton Academy historicalContext English Dissenters and Nonconformity
linked to: Dissenters
Newington Green Unitarian Church associatedWith English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Anna Laetitia Aikin influencedBy Rational Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Palgrave Academy religiousAffiliation English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Homerton Academy religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Caleb Ashworth memberOf English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Congregational churches in the United Kingdom historicalContext English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
New College, Hackney religiousTradition English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters
Isaac Watts denomination English Dissenters
linked to: Dissenters