The Coffee Hour — The Puritan Movement, Ep. 9: Catholics, Whigs and Tories in the Battle for Government

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Could a Catholic be on the Throne of England? In this final episode of our series on the Puritan movement, we hear how the Church of England worked through this question with Catholic James as heir to the throne. Learn about the creation of the Whigs and Tories, the reign of King James, how religious freedom ebbs and flows during this period, and the Act of Toleration in 1689 that finally allowed dissenting churches (Baptists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians) freedom of worship, although not yet freedom to participate in government. It wouldn’t be until the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act that Roman Catholics would be granted admission to politics in England.