单词 | toleration act |
释义 | > as lemmasToleration Act b. Act of Toleration, Toleration Act, an act or statute granting such toleration; so Bill of Toleration, Toleration Bill; esp. in English History. Act 1 Will. & Mary (1689) cap. 18, by which freedom of religious worship was granted, on certain prescribed conditions, to Dissenting Protestants. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > concerning religion Bloody Statutea1648 Five-mile Act1672 Corporation Act1679 test-law1687 Bill of Toleration1692 Test Act1708 Schism Act1733 Schism Bill1733 penal codea1777 Veto Act1835 society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > toleration > [noun] > act or statute that grants Bill of Toleration1692 1692 Ho. Lords MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 1 Feb. Moved that the Quakers shall not have the benefit of this Act before they take the Declaration in the Act of Toleration. 1714 J. S. Barrington Let. from Lay-man (title page) A Postscript, shewing how far the Bill to prevent the growth of schism is inconsistent with the Act of Toleration. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 10 The Bill of Toleration passed easily. It excused Dissenters from all penalties,..for going to their separate Meetings. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 53 The statute 1 W. & M. st. 2. c. 18, commonly called the toleration act. 1799 Drysdale (title) Popery Dissected; or, a Speech against the Popish Toleration Bill. 1827 J. Ivimey Pilgr. 19th Cent. iv. 139 ‘Hand me’, said the judge, ‘the new Toleration Act’ [app. 52 Geo. III, c. 155]. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 81 The Toleration Bill passed both Houses with little debate. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 86 The sound principle..is, that mere theological error ought not to be punished by the civil magistrate. This principle the Toleration Act not only does not recognise, but positively disclaims. 1878 Gardiner in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 352/1 The Toleration Act..guaranteed the right of separate assemblies for worship outside the pale of the Church. 1910 A. Menzies in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 463/1 The Act of Toleration [Scotland] of 1712 allowed Episcopalian dissenters to use the English liturgy. < as lemmas |
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