Nonconformists

[verypuzzled]

Can anyone tell me what single theological belief distinguished all dissenters (nonconformists) from Anglicans?

[Mosaic]

I'd suggest this lies in Anglicanism's continuation of the hierarchical strucures of the old faith, with bishops, archbishops and a supreme head. Most groups of dissenters seem to have at their heart that people are equal and access to the almighty shouldn't be mediated through a hierarchy.
As Jenny Geddes said just before throwing her stool at the Bishop,'Nae priests nae bishops!'

[verypuzzled]

thanks Mosaic