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Supremacy, Oath of

48, was substituted for the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, to the effect inter alia to maintain the Protestant succession to the Crown and declaring that ''no foreign prince, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to

Camisard

One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV after the revocation of the edict of Nates so called from the

Episcopalian

Pertaining to bishops or government by bishops episcopal specifically of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church

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Orangeman

professed objects of which are the defense of the reigning sovereign of Great Britain the support of the Protestant religion the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom etc so called in honor of William Prince of

Pietist

class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling Also

Pan Anglican

Belonging to or representing the whole Church of England used less strictly to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States as the Pan Anglican Conference at Lambeth in 1888

Sanctus

A part of the Mass or in Protestant churches a part of the communion service of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus sanctus sanctus

Coronation oath

kingdom, the sovereign swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and to maintain the Protestant reformed religion. The exact form of the oath was prescribed by 1 w. & M. s. 2, c.

Gordon Riots

Gordon Riots, a series of violent 'No Poperty' disturbances which occurred in London in June, 1780, so called after Lord George Gordon, the President of the 'Protestant Association.' The authorities behaved with the utmost imbecility and...

H'retico comburendo, De

9, s. 1, the writ de h'retico comburendo was abolished, but with a saving for the jurisdiction of Protestant archbishops or bishops or any other judges of any ecclesiastical courts to punish, according to his Majesty's ecclesiastical

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