Toleration Act 1689

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The Toleration Act 1689 was an English law passed after the Glorious Revolution that granted limited religious freedom to Protestant dissenters while maintaining the Church of England’s established status.

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Toleration Act 1689 canonical 11
Act of Toleration 1689 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
English statute ⓘ
aimedToReduce religious persecution of Protestant nonconformists ⓘ
allowed dissenting ministers to preach under conditions ⓘ
licensed meeting houses for dissenting worship ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
didNotGrant full religious equality ⓘ
toleration to Roman Catholics ⓘ
toleration to Unitarians at the time of enactment ⓘ
toleration to atheists ⓘ
excluded holding of certain public offices by dissenters ⓘ
exemptedFrom some penalties of earlier penal laws against dissenters ⓘ
follows Glorious Revolution ⓘ
granted exemption from certain penalties for nonconformist Protestants ⓘ
limited freedom of worship to Protestant dissenters ⓘ
hasSubject Protestant dissenters ⓘ
freedom of worship ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 17th century ⓘ
influenced debates on religious freedom in the American colonies ⓘ
development of religious liberty in Britain ⓘ
later British toleration and emancipation acts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusOfChurchOfEngland remained established church ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
limited civil disabilities of Protestant dissenters ⓘ
maintained established status of the Church of England ⓘ
motivatedBy political need to secure support for William III and Mary II ⓘ
partOf post-Glorious Revolution constitutional settlement ⓘ
precededBy Clarendon Code ⓘ
protected Baptists ⓘ
Congregationalists ⓘ
linked to: Congregationalism

Presbyterians ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Quakers ⓘ
Trinitarian Protestant dissenters ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
required oath of allegiance to the Crown ⓘ
rejection of the doctrine of transubstantiation ⓘ
subscription to certain doctrinal articles for ministers ⓘ
significantEvent expansion of religious toleration in England ⓘ
startTime 1689 ⓘ
typeOfToleration conditional toleration ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1689 ⓘ

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

Glorious Revolution → resultedIn → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
William III of England → associatedWithDocument → Act of Toleration 1689 ⓘ
linked to: Toleration Act 1689
Bloodless Revolution → hasEffect → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Clarendon Code → followedBy → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1689 → significantAct → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Nonconformism in England → associatedWith → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Persecution of Quakers in England → turningPoint → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Nonconformist Protestants → legalStatusChangedBy → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Dissenters → hadRightToWorshipRecognizedBy → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
post-Reformation England → hasKeyEvent → Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
Court of William III and Mary II → associatedWith → Act of Toleration 1689 ⓘ
linked to: Toleration Act 1689