Toleration Act

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkbp:category gptkb:History_of_Christianity_in_England
English law
1689 in law
gptkbp:chapter gptkb:1_Will_&_Mary_c._18
gptkbp:dateEnacted 24 May 1689
gptkbp:didNotGrant right to hold public office
full civil and political rights
right to attend universities
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Atheists
gptkb:Jews
gptkb:non-Trinitarians
gptkb:Roman_Catholics
gptkb:Unitarians
gptkbp:grantedRight freedom of worship for Nonconformist Protestants
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first step towards religious freedom in England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Toleration Act
gptkbp:influenced religious policy in the British Empire
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Locke
gptkbp:longTitle An Act for exempting their Majesties’ Protestant subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain laws
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Toleration_Act_1689
gptkbp:purpose to grant freedom of worship to Nonconformists
gptkbp:reign gptkb:William_III_and_Mary_II
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_1689
gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Religious_Disabilities_Act_1846
gptkb:Places_of_Worship_Registration_Act_1855
gptkbp:requiredDeclaration rejection of transubstantiation
gptkbp:requires oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Toleration_Act_1689
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:An_Act_for_exempting_their_Majesties'_Protestant_subjects_dissenting_from_the_Church_of_England_from_the_penalties_of_certain_laws
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7