Answer:
Dissenters
Explanation:
The term dissenters was widely used in 17th and 18th centuries. Generally, these dissenters were only a group of people that opposed the states' intervention to personal religious matters. (At that time, England wanted the church to be heavily involved in all political decisions).
But, many church officials at that time blatantly categorized these dissenters as someone who oppose the church and Christianity as a whole to diminish public support for them.
