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''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 It was repealed in 1867, by King George 2.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 It was repealed in 1867, by King George 2.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>
==Terms of the Test Act==
Originally, the test act only applied to the monarch, and military officials. However, during the popish plot, a fictitious plot that asserted that Catholics were out there to take over England, effectively evicted all Catholics from parliament. Furthermore, it also increased the list of acts considered "popish", including the sacrament. It also made it so that professing a catholic faith a crime punishable by the standard for blasphemy. By evicting the Catholics, from all positions of power, it made Puritanism the faith of England.<ref>test act 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 15 February, 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588655/test-act</ref>
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