Nonjuring schism

As a non- juror (German non- SchwörerHaus ) the followers of a strict interpretation of the Anglican church and state idea in the wake of the Glorious Revolution to 1688/89 referred to in England. About 400 clergy and several thousand laity refused because of their idea of ​​divine right, the oath of allegiance to the new king William III. to afford. They formed a separate religious community, which represented over several decades a kind of " bad conscience " for the Anglican state church because of the intellectual capacities of its members. In addition, recruited from their ranks numerous active Jacobites, supporters of the exiled ie Stuartdynastie. After the death of the first generation ( 1720 ), the Non- Jurors were, however, less and less apparent. In Manchester remained until the early 19th century a non- juror community.

• History of Anglicanism
• History of Christianity (England)