tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044166228612663288.post3714955409535024350..comments2024-03-01T11:18:22.535-05:00Comments on Inside Nancy's Noodle: A different drummerNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894799922341495196noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044166228612663288.post-15301791783795823482011-08-19T22:41:00.438-04:002011-08-19T22:41:00.438-04:00Non-conformist was a term used to describe people ...Non-conformist was a term used to describe people who did not conform to the Church of England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Now, this did not necessarily mean Puritans for the Puritans wanted to purify the Church, not leave it. They did it too well, beheading a king and throwing out music, organs and other implements of "popish" religion. The Puritan era died out after the Restoration of the monarchy, and in a classic case of the pendulum swinging back, the court of Charles II was the most debauched in English history. Sill, people had to conform to the established church. Among those who didn't were Quakers, Roman Catholics, and others who dared defy the established church. The irony is that today most Britons defy the Church of England. This perhaps the reason why there are now more active Roman Catholics in Great Britain then active Anglicans. Still,as the events of this past April 29th attest, the Church of England can put on a really good show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com