Heresy cases in Britain and Ireland since 1689
Note: this is likely to include the great majority of heresy cases. However, there is a reasonable probability that there will have been others, not least amongst the smaller churches.
1690- | |||||||||
Church | 1749 | >1799 | >1849 | >1899 | >1949 | >1999 | 2000- | % | |
Anti-Burgher | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | ||||||
Associate Presbytery | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Baptist | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.1 | |||||
Burgher | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Church of England | 10 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 31.1 | |
Church of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.6 | |||||
Church of Scotland | 8 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 36 | 19.7 | |||
Congregational | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.2 | |||||
Orthodox Congregational | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Congregational Union | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Episcopal Church of Scotland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3.3 | ||||
Free Church of Scotland | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4.9 | |||||
Glasite | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Independent Calvinist | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Irish Presbyterian | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Methodist | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.8 | ||||
Methodist (Calvinist) | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Methodist / Glasite | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Methodist / Moravian | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Methodist New Connection | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Primitive Methodist | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Wesleyan Methodist | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2.2 | |||||
Presbyterian | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.8 | |||
Quaker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.7 | ||||
Relief Church | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | ||||||
Roman Catholic | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4.4 | ||||
Sabbatarian Baptist | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
Scotch Baptist | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | ||||||
Secession Church | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
United Free Church | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
United Presbyterian Church | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.3 | |||||
United Secession Church | 8 | 8 | 4.4 | ||||||
30 | 18 | 58 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 183 | ||
% all cases | 16.4 | 9.8 | 31.7 | 26.8 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
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