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The '''Test act''' was a series of legislature aimed at preventing members of the Roman Catholic Church from participating in high level positions. It offered severe penalties against Papist recursors, and was critical in the creation of the Glorious revolution. It was passed when anti-catholic fever reached a high point. It forced all people to take a sacrament before taking office. The test act was critical to the glorious revolution, and later, the industrial revolution. During the Restoration, the test act was one of the many acts placed to prevent the king from gaining absolute power. Before taking office, the hopeful candidate must say:

The '''Test act''' was a series of legislature aimed at preventing members of the Roman Catholic Church from participating in high level positions. It offered severe penalties against Papist recursors, and was critical in the creation of the Glorious revolution. It was passed when anti-catholic fever reached a high point. It forced all people to take a sacrament before taking office. The test act was critical to the glorious revolution, and later, the industrial revolution. During the Restoration, the test act was one of the many acts placed to prevent the king from gaining absolute power. Before taking office, the hopeful candidate must say:

''I, <name>, do declare that I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, or in the elements of the bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.''

''I, <name>, do declare that I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, or in the elements of the bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.''

It was also important, in making sure that catholic monarchs cannot be legitimate monarchs, thus de-facto rendering Puritanism the most powerful religion in England. It also stops the monarch from being the most powerful person, as a poorly disguised checksum against the Stuarts. It was repealed in 1867, by King George 2.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0848265.html</ref>

It was also important, in making sure that catholic monarchs cannot be legitimate monarchs, thus de facto rendering Puritanism the most powerful religion in England. It also stops the monarch from being the most powerful person, as a poorly disguised checksum against the Stuarts. It was repealed in 1867, by King George 2.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0848265.html</ref>

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==Terms of the Test Act==

==Terms of the Test Act==