Sentence 1: Dissident or Protestant separatists were English Christians who separated from the English Church in the 16th , 17th and 18th centuries .
Sentence 2: English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th , 17th and 18th centuries .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?