Non-conformists

Non-conformists were often intellectuals and free-thinkers whose activism formed the bedrock of the modern civil liberties.

Two centuries of non-conformist history go online 2010

When the British Parliament passed the Education Act some years ago, the Non-conformists offered passive resistance under the leadership of Dr. Clifford.

EXAMINATION BY MR. KATHRADA 1960

Again some of the Non-conformists would generally object to taking up arms even if it was a practical proposition.

EXAMINATION BY MR. KATHRADA 1960

History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-conformists: from the Reformation in 1517 to the death of Queen Elizabeth, with an

The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene

Non-conformists, Theosophists and Hindus, Christian Scientists and doctors of medicine, Muslims, Buddhists and Zoroastrians.

God Passes By 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

As early as 1834 it was advocated that (p.  104) the archbishops and bishops of the Established Church should "be relieved from their legislative and judicial duties," and this demand, arising principally from the Non-conformists, has been voiced repeatedly in later years.

The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

By these two Acts known as the Corporation and Test Acts all Non-conformists and Dissenters were excluded from Municipal and judicial offices and also from Parliament.

The Place of the King in the British Constitution 1910

In 1672 Charles II suspended the laws against Non-conformists and Roman Catholics, and Bunyan was released.

Introductory Note 1909

In November, 1620, there sailed into a quiet harbor on the coast of what is now Massachusetts a ship named the Mayflower, having on board one hundred and two English Non-conformists, men and women and with them

Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Mary Johnston 1903

He also was both teacher and preacher all his days, leader of the movement which brought Mansfield College from Birmingham to Oxford, by the confession both of Anglicans and of Non-conformists the most learned man in his subjects in the Oxford of his time, an historian, touched by the social enthusiasm, but a religious philosopher, _par excellence_.

An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Edward Caldwell Moore 1900