Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813

Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to relieve Persons who impugn the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties
Citation	53 Geo. 3 c. 160
Introduced by	William Smith[1]
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 1813
Repealed	5 August 1873
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1873
Relates to	Act against Blasphemy 1661, Toleration Act 1689, Act against Blasphemy 1695, Blasphemy Act 1697
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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]

• Section 1 amended the Toleration Act 1689 (passed by the Parliament of England) to include non-Trinitarians among the Protestant dissenters whose practices would be tolerated.
• Section 2 repealed the provision of the Blasphemy Act 1697 (also English) which imposed civil penalties on anyone professed or educated as a Christian who denied the Trinity.
• Section 3 repealed two acts of the Scottish Parliament which made blasphemy punishable by death: the Act against Blasphemy 1661 and Act against Blasphemy 1695.

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 (57 Geo. 3 c. 70) extended the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 to Ireland, and amended the (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The Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1873.^[6]

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