Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813

The Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3 c. 160. sometimes called the Trinitarian Act 1812) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended its blasphemy laws and granted toleration for Unitarian worship.[2]

Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813
Long titleAn Act to relieve Persons who impugn the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties
Citation53 Geo. 3 c. 160
Introduced byWilliam Smith[1]
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent21 July 1813
Repealed5 August 1873
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1873
Relates toAct against Blasphemy 1661, Toleration Act 1689, Act against Blasphemy 1695, Blasphemy Act 1697
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Act was also variously known as the 'Unitarian Relief Act (Trinity Act)', 'The Unitarian Toleration Bill', and 'Mr William Smith's Bill' (after Whig politician William Smith).[3] The Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3 c. 70) extended the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 to Ireland, and amended the Prohibition of Disturbance of Worship Act 1719 (passed by the Parliament of Ireland)[4] in the same way as the 1813 act had amended the 1689 act.[5]

The Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1873.[6]

Notes
  1. Hansard HC 5 May 1813 s1 v5 c1147
  2. Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 653.
  3. Maclear J.F., Church and State in the Modern Age: a documentary history 1995
  4. An act for exempting the protestant dissenters of this kingdom from certain penalties, to which they are now subject
  5. An Act to relieve persons impugning the doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain penalties, in Ireland
  6. Statute Law Revision Act 1873, Schedule
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