Catholic Word of the Day: NONJURORS, 04-12-12

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NONJURORS

Name given to Anglican clergymen who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary and their successors under the Protestant succession Act of 1689. since they felt that their oaths bound them to the Stuart family, they considered William and Mary as mere regents. Suspended and deprived of office, they suffered greatly. Much later some rejoined the Anglican Church. The name has been given also the Catholic clergy of France who refused to take the oath of the Civil Constitutions in 1790. Their loyalty to the Church and the Holy See forced them to endure bitter persecution.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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I guess they could not sit on a jury -- or am I stuck in the American way of thinking of jurors?

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You're on the right track.

Non-juror and jury come of course from the same root, the late Latin word "jurat" = oath.

A juror swears an oath to "well and truly try this case and a true verdict render according to the evidence, so help me God."

The non-juring Episcopalians refused to swear the Oath of Allegiance to William and Mary. The non-juring Episcopalians in Scotland also refused to submit to the Established Church (Presbyterian). So there's still an independent Episcopal church in Scotland (although it's very very small). After the American Revolution, when the Anglicans in America needed a bishop the English bishops refused to consecrate him because he couldn't take the Oath of Allegiance to the king. So Samuel Seabury went to Scotland and was consecrated there, and that's why American Anglicans are known as Episcopalians.

Interesting (well, if you're a trivia nut) factoid: Rev. Robert Kirk of Balquidder, who wrote the book The Secret Commonwealth about the Good Folk of Scotland, was a non-juring Episcopal minister.

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