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Encyclopedia > English Dissenters

English Dissenters were dissenters from England who opposed State interference in religious matters and founded their own communities over the 16th to 18th century period. Having hoped for a better and more pure Reformation in the Church of England, many individuals were disappointed by the political decisions made by the Kings in order to control the Established Church. The term dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, to disagree), labels one who dissents or disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... In English history, the Established Church is the Church of England, the church which is established by the Government, supported by it, and of which the monarch is the titular head; until 1920 it also held the same position in Wales. ...


The Restoration (1660) valued episcopacy and limited the rights of the dissenters. The Act of Uniformity (1662) required episcopal ordination for all ministers, but many clergymen instead withdrew from the Official State Church. King Charles II The English Restoration or simply Restoration was an episode in the history of Great Britain beginning in 1660 when the monarchy was restored under King Charles II after the English Civil War. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Episcopacy is the regime of church government by bishops (Lat. ... Over the course of English history there were a number of acts of uniformity. ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Ordination is the process in which clergy become authorized by their religious denomination and/or seminary to perform religious rituals and ceremonies. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... A state religion (also called an established church or state church) is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state. ...


These English Dissenters were also known as Nonconformists. Among the several groups, there were: Non conformism is the term of KKK ...


Ancient


As of 1660 Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ...

Present-day Adamites being persecuted Adamites, or Adamians, were adherents of an early Christian sect (considered heresy by the Roman Catholic church) that flourished in North Africa in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th century. ... Anabaptists (re-baptizers, from Greek ana and baptizo; in German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. ... Behmenism was a 17th Century European Christian movement based on the teachings of Jakob Böhme. ... The Brownists were followers of Robert Browne who was born at Tolethorpe Hall in Rutland, England in about 1550. ... Woodcut from a Diggers document by William Everard The Diggers were a group, begun by Gerrard Winstanley as True Levellers in 1649, who became known as Diggers due to their activities. ... The Familists (a term of English origin, later adopted in other languages) were a religious sect known as the Familia Caritatis (also Hus der Lieften; Huis der Liefde; Haus der Liebe; Family of Love), founded by Hendrik Niclaes (born on the 9th or 10th of January 1501 or 1502, probably... The Fifth Monarchy Men were a radical Puritan politico-religious party active from 1649 to 1661 (the Interregnum) during Oliver Cromwells government. ... This article is not about the Jacobite Orthodox Church, nor is it about Jacobinism or the earlier Jacobean period. ... The Levellers were a mid 17th century English political party, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. ... Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of the Lollards in late 14th century and early 15th century England. ... The Muggletonians, named after Ludovic Muggleton, were a small religious sect in 17th and 18th century London. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ... The Philadelphians were a Protestant 17th century religious sect in England. ... The Ranters were a radical English sect in the time of the Commonwealth, who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period. ... Etymology: Latin sabbatarius, from sabbatum sabbath Function: noun 1 : one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday in conformity with the letter of the fourth commandment 2 : an adherent of Sabbatarianism Function: adjective 1 : of or relating to the Sabbath 2 : of or relating to the Sabbatarians or Sabbatarianism External links... The Seekers were a dissenting group in the time of the Commonwealth of England. ... Socinianism summarises the beliefs of the Socinians, followers of Laelius Socinus (died 1562 in Zürich) and of his nephew Faustus Socinus (died 1604 in Poland). ...


Those ancient Dissenters that survived

Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers or Friends) is a loose knit religious or spiritual movement founded in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. ...

Some notable dissenters

Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon) (c. ... John Bunyan. ... Abiezer Coppe (1619-1672) was one of the English Ranters and a writer of prophetic religious pamphlets. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... 19th-century engraving of George Fox, based on a painting of unknown date. ... John Knox (1505, 1513 or 1514 – 1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who played the lead part in reforming the Church in Scotland in a Presbyterian manner. ... Joseph Priestley is often credited for the discovery of oxygen. ... Isaac Watts. ... John Wesley (June 17, 1703–March 2, 1791) was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ... Gerrard Winstanley (1609 - September 10, 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. ...

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XVI. The Literature of Dissent: Bibliography. Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The Cambridge History of English and ... (1007 words)
The general literature of the history of dissent is in an unsatisfactory condition.
The biographical literature of dissent is, comparatively, abundant, especially in Calamy, Edmund, Abridgement of Baxter’s life, 1702: 2nd edn., 2 vols.
Several of the dissenting colleges possess large collections of the pamphlet literature of this subject; but, probably, the most comprehensive of these collections is in Dr. Williams’s Library, Gordon Square, where a special catalogue of this subject, containing several hundred items, has lately been compiled.
dissenter: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com (489 words)
Dissenters, the name commonly applied in America to those who disagreed with the doctrines of the religious establishments, particularly the Church of England in Massachusetts.
Dissenting bodies, or "nonconformists," splintered from established churches with increasing frequency in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The term does not apply to those bodies who dissent from the Established Church of Scotland; and in speaking of members of religious bodies which have seceded from established churches outside Britain one usually employs the term “dissidents” (from the Latin dissidere, “to dissent”).
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