Nonconformist Relief Act 1779
Encyclopedia
The Nonconformist Relief Act 1779 (19 Geo. III c. 44) was Act
of the British Parliament
. The Act allowed any Dissenter
to preach and teach on the condition that he declared he was a Christian
and a Protestant; took the Oaths of Allegiance and supremacy; and took the Scriptures for his rule of faith and practice.
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the British Parliament
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
. The Act allowed any Dissenter
English Dissenters
English Dissenters were Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.They originally agitated for a wide reaching Protestant Reformation of the Established Church, and triumphed briefly under Oliver Cromwell....
to preach and teach on the condition that he declared he was a Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
and a Protestant; took the Oaths of Allegiance and supremacy; and took the Scriptures for his rule of faith and practice.