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301:, which imposed various civil disabilities on both Catholics and Protestant non-conformists, to broaden his political support and allow for the appointment of Roman Catholics to civilian and military roles. Failing to secure parliamentary support, James II's attempt to dispense with the Test Acts through the 1687 and 1688
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gathered together dissenting ministers, to campaign for the terms of the
Toleration Act for dissenting clergy to be modified. Under his leadership, Parliament twice considered bills to modify the law, but both were unsuccessful and it was not until Pickard and many others had ended their efforts that
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parties that had rallied around
William and Mary had promised nonconformists that such an act would be enacted if the revolution succeeded. James II had himself issued a declaration of indulgence that suspended the laws against religious nonconformity, but nonconformists believed James II's efforts
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The terms of the Act of
Toleration within the English colonies in America were applied either by charter or by acts by the royal governors. The ideas of toleration as advocated by Locke (which excluded Roman Catholics) became accepted through most of the colonies, even in the Congregational
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went further than the Act of
Toleration by outlawing the establishment of any church and allowing a greater religious diversity. Within the colonies in the year 1700 Roman Catholics were allowed to practice their religion freely only in Rhode Island.
233:, including their exclusion from holding political offices and also from the universities. Dissenters were required to register their meeting houses and were forbidden from meeting in private homes. Any preachers who dissented had to be licensed.
571:, an optional system of registration for non-Anglican places of worship was passed which gave certain legal and fiscal advantages for those that registered, and "alternative religion was not only lawful, but was often facilitated by the law."
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The historian
Kenneth Pearl sees the Act of Toleration as "in many ways a compromise bill. To get nonconformists' (Protestants who were not members of the Church of England) support in the crucial months of 1688". Both the
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advocating religious toleration (written in 1685 and published in 1689) as "the philosophical foundation for the
English Act of Toleration of 1689". While Locke had advocated coexistence between the Church of England (the
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The whole Act, except section 5 and so much of section 8 as specified the service and offices from which certain persons were exempt and section 15, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of
Schedule 1 to, the
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c. 59) ended restrictions on Roman
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357:, non-Anglicans (including all Protestant non-Conformists, Jews, Catholics, and Unitarians) could not sit in Parliament even following the passage of the Toleration Act 1688. The
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to undermine their civil liberties and circumvent parliament placed the religious liberties provided via the Declarations of Indulgence at risk.
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This section, from "bee it" to "aforesaid that" was repealed by section 1 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
222:. Nonconformists were allowed their own places of worship and their own schoolteachers, so long as they accepted certain oaths of allegiance.
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In this section, the words "after the tenth day of June" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
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This section, from "bee it" to "aforesaid" was repealed by section 1 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
369:, granted limited toleration, specifically the right to worship for Scottish Episcopalians who prayed for the monarch and used the English
317:, who became joint sovereigns. A series of Acts of parliament assured a new constitutional settlement of this situation; these include the
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provided that nothing contained thereinbefore in that Act was to be taken to repeal or alter section 18 of the Toleration Act 1688.
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Zwicker, Laura. "Politics of Toleration: The Establishment Clause and the Act of Toleration Examined, The."
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Mullett, Charles F. "The Legal Position of English Protestant Dissenters, 1689–1767."
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helped spark the constitutional crises that culminated in the
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The Act intentionally did not apply to Roman Catholics, Jews,
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The Test Act remained in force until the nineteenth century.
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House of Lords Journal: 24 May 1689: record of royal assent
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William III. giving his royal assent to the Toleration Act.
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Stewart J. Brown, "Religion and Society to c. 1900" in
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was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the
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Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion
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1977:Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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293:and after he took the crown in 1686 in the
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858:(2nd ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), p. 131.
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484:Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860
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635:Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
182:The Act allowed for freedom of worship to
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390:Historians (such as John J. Patrick) see
329:, the Toleration Act 1688, and later the
323:Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689
3364:Christianity and law in the 17th century
1975:Great Britain and Ireland and the United
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409:Implementation in the overseas colonies
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856:Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688–1783
824:Cracking the AP European History Exam
805:, Yale University Press (2009) p. 406
140:Text of statute as originally enacted
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3296:United Kingdom statutory instruments
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581:Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
567:took effect. By the passage of the
803:1688: The First Modern Revolution
367:union between Scotland and England
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3359:Acts of the Parliament of England
943:Journal of Ecclesiastical History
667:The citation of this Act by this
528:Roman Catholic Charities Act 1832
171:. Passed in the aftermath of the
82:1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 1. c. 18
779:. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
729:The new Cambridge modern history
377:Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813
251:Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813
186:who had pledged to the oaths of
155:c. 18), also referred to as the
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3197:Acts of the Scottish Parliament
556:Religious Disabilities Act 1846
524:Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1778
359:Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711
3301:Scottish statutory instruments
607:Religion in the United Kingdom
548:Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
520:Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791
504:Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
397:A Letter Concerning Toleration
126:Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
1:
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997:Pre-parliamentary legislation
901:. Cambridge University Press.
727:Bromley, John Selwyn (1970).
673:Statute Law Revision Act 1948
453:Statute Law Revision Act 1948
446:Statute Law Revision Act 1888
365:c. 10), passed following the
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249:were finally removed in the
565:Universities Tests Act 1871
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733:Cambridge University Press
516:Unitarians Relief Act 1813
303:Declarations of Indulgence
29:United Kingdom legislation
1656:Acts of Parliament of the
935:104.413 (1989): 927–946.
933:English Historical Review
897:Russell Sandberg (2011).
791:accessed 18 February 2010
540:Promissory Oaths Act 1871
536:Promissory Oaths Act 1868
497:Promissory Oaths Act 1871
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1659:Kingdom of Great Britain
1004:List of English statutes
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713:British History Online;
1442:Interregnum (1642–1660)
677:Interpretation Act 1978
596:Maryland Toleration Act
532:Test Abolition Act 1867
236:Between 1772 and 1774,
202:who dissented from the
1636:Parliament of Scotland
880:Ray Allen Billington,
822:Kenneth Pearl (2011).
717:British History Online
331:Act of Settlement 1701
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1943:Parliament of Ireland
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639:Convention Parliament
586:Catholic Emancipation
372:Book of Common Prayer
309:and the accession of
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169:Parliament of England
50:Parliament of England
3374:Edicts of toleration
3369:1689 in Christianity
3209:Acts of Senedd Cymru
3140:European Communities
1009:Charter of Liberties
945:45.01 (1994): 42–63.
602:Religious toleration
552:Jews Relief Act 1858
271:English Commonwealth
243:Thirty-Nine Articles
3114:Halsbury's Statutes
1026:of states preceding
1024:Acts of parliaments
950:Indiana Law Journal
923:Virginia Law Review
591:Freedom of religion
319:Bill of Rights 1689
307:Glorious Revolution
173:Glorious Revolution
161:Toleration Act 1689
149:Toleration Act 1688
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157:Act of Toleration
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