Toleration Act 1689

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Act_of_Toleration
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:England gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:category	gptkb:English_law gptkb:History_of_Christianity_in_England 1689 in England 1689 in law
gptkbp:citation	1 Will & Mary c 18
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:Ireland gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1689
gptkbp:didNotGrantFreedomTo	gptkb:Atheists gptkb:Catholics gptkb:Unitarians
gptkbp:effect	Allowed freedom of worship to Nonconformists Did not allow Nonconformists to hold public office Did not extend to Jews Did not extend to Quakers (fully) Did not repeal Test Acts Did not allow Nonconformists to serve in Parliament Permitted Nonconformist chapels Permitted Nonconformist schoolmasters Quakers allowed to affirm rather than swear oaths Required open doors for worship Required registration of meeting places Did not allow Nonconformists to attend universities
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Religious_Disabilities_Act_1846
gptkbp:grantedFreedomTo	gptkb:Nonconformist_Protestants
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	Influenced later religious freedom laws Step towards religious liberty in England
gptkbp:longTitle	An Act for exempting their Majesties’ Protestant subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain laws
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm	gptkb:Mary_II gptkb:William_III
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Act_of_Uniformity_1662
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	24 May 1689
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Act_of_Settlement_1701 gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_1689
gptkbp:requiredAcceptanceOf	gptkb:Thirty-Nine_Articles_(with_exceptions)
gptkbp:requiredOathOfAllegiance	to the Crown
gptkbp:status	Amended
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Dissenters Religious freedom
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:King_William_III gptkb:English_Dissenters
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Toleration Act 1689