Originally it was a term applied to Puritan ministers who did not conform to the Anglican Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more practices and ceremonies that were mandated by the Act of Uniformity more under the Elizabethan Settlement(A.D. 1559–1663) Refers to Queen Elizabeth I’s rejection of Roman Catholicism while limiting the reformation of the English Church essentially cre... more. The label later applied to all Protestants who dissented from the state church.
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