Conventicle Act 1664
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title:
Conventicle Act 1664
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The Conventicle Act 1664 was an Act of the Parliament of England that forbade conventicles, defined as religious assemblies of more than five people other than an immediate family, outside the auspices of the Church of England and the rubrics of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. This law was a part of the Clarendon Code, named after Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, which aimed to discourage nonconformism and to strengthen the position of the Established Church but the Clarendon Code was not act
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Former English law restricting freedom of religion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventicle_Act_1664
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2024-03-19T12:45:36Z
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