Nonconformist_Relief_Act_1779

Nonconformist Relief Act 1779

Nonconformist Relief Act 1779

United Kingdom legislation

The Nonconformist Relief Act 1779[1] (19 Geo. 3. c. 44) was act of the Parliament of Great Britain. 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.[2][3] It relieved dissenting ministers from the obligation to subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles.

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The Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 70) extended the 1779 act to Ireland.

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  1. [1]
    The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. [2]
    Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 650.
  3. [3]
    Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 406.
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