The 1647 Catalogue of Sects
Posted on 2 October 2019
The 1647 Catalogue of Sects was published in England, by the authorities, during the English Civil War Period.
It’s full title is:
A Catalogue of the Severall Sects and Opinions in England and other Nations: With a briefe Rehearsall of their false and dangerous Tenents
From top left to bottom right the panels show the following:
- Jesuits
- Welsh blasphemer
- Arminians
- Arians
- Adamites (shown naked)
- Libertin (picture of man preparing to take a pick-axe to the Ten Commandments)
- Antescripturians
- Soul sleepers
- Anabaptists
- Familists
- Seekers
- Divorcers (picture of man beating his wife)
