A conventicle originally meant "an assembly" and was frequently used by ancient writers to mean "a church." At a semantic level, conventicle is a Latinized...

Conventicle Act may refer to: English Acts of Parliament: Conventicle Act 1664 Conventicles Act 1670 Conventicle Act (Sweden), in effect 1726–1858 in Sweden...

The Conventicle Act 1664 was an act of the Parliament of England (16 Cha. 2. c. 4) that forbade conventicles, defined as religious assemblies of more than...

Seditious Sectaries Act 1592 or the Act Against Puritans 1592 or the Conventicle Act 1593 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an act of the Parliament of England....

The Conventicle Act (Swedish: Konventikelplakatet) was a Swedish law, in effect between 21 January 1726 and 26 October 1858 in Sweden and until 1 July...

The Conventicles Act 1670 (22 Cha. 2. c. 1) is an act of the Parliament of England with the long title "An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles"...

the proposal did lead to changes, as Parliament decided to lift the Conventicle Act and introduce freedom of assembly for members of the Norwegian Church...

1662 made the use of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer compulsory; the Conventicle Act 1664 prohibited religious assemblies of more than five people, except...

The Conventicle Act (Danish: Konventikelplakaten, Norwegian: Konventikkelplakaten) was a decree issued 13 January 1741 by King Christian VI of Denmark...

insurgency at Bothwell Brig and earlier conflicts and for attending a conventicle. He took an active and prominent part in the struggles, of the Covenanters...

harassed and had to move and live with friends to escape their critics. Conventicle Act 1664 Religion in the United Kingdom Declaration of Indulgence (disambiguation)...

place of assembly. Its implication transferred to a gathering, such as a conventicle or conference. In the history of the Catholic Church, it is frequently...

which men, forming not a convent, but a plainly unlawful and doubtful conventicle, have set over themselves, under the name of Abbot, a certain lunatic...

and a castle or manor house. The castle was an important location for conventicles in the period following the restoration of the House of Stuart. Little...

"whoever should preach in a conventicle under a roof, or should attend, either as preacher or as a hearer, a conventicle in the open air, should be punished...

have been always more conventicles there than in any other shire." The place in the neighbourhood of Selkirk where conventicles were most frequently held...

act. It also repealed the Five Mile Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 2) and the Conventicles Act 1670 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4). The citation of this act by this short title...

informal "Consultations" and Protestors holding field assemblies or conventicles outside Resolutioner-controlled kirk structures. When the Protectorate...

Zadankai (座談会, discussion meetings) are community-based conventicles which serve as the grassroots activity of Soka Gakkai members. They are the means...

throughout Europe. On his return to Valladolid in 1552, he joined a conventicle considered heretical. Among this group of religious elites was the corregidor...

rejected by Sir Walter B. Riddell. Lilliesleaf Moor was the scene of many ' Conventicles ' held by the Covenanters, and upon it took place several skirmishes...

services and take the Lord's Supper. If such a person attended "any conventicle, assembly or meeting" of any other religion, they would be subject to...

Book of Common Prayer, imprisoned again and ejected in 1662. After the Conventicle Act 1664 he continued to preach in small gatherings at Preston and then...

were forced to resign their livings. The Conventicle Act 1664 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4) – This act forbade conventicles (a meeting for unauthorized worship) of...

Barred from their churches, they held open air field assemblies called conventicles which the authorities suppressed using military force. Margaret Wilson...

him into contact with local religious dissidents. He participated in a conventicle where he illicitly conducted readings of his translation. In 1539, Nisbet...

Seditious Sectaries Act 1592 or the Act Against Puritans 1592 or the Conventicle Act 1592 (repealed) 35 Eliz. 1. c. 1 10 April 1593 An Act For the preventing...

Originally, the new ideas were met with much opposition, culminating in the Conventicle Act in 1726. Like Leopold and Stendahl, at one time Spaak was threatened...

He resolved to continue his ministry, and held conventicles in 1663. On the passing of the Conventicle Act (1664) he retired to a house of his own at...

abolition thus marked a first step towards religious freedom in Sweden. Conventicle Act (Sweden) – law outlawing religious meetings other than those of the...