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
Parliament forced it through during the anti catholic anger during the restoration
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 consecrationthereof 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. Shockingly, it was not repealed until the rule of King George 2.
Terms and Conditions 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.
Repercussions of the Test act
The test act was critical in the history of England, by forcing out the Catholics, who the puritans felt, were a threat. By enacting the Test Act, the puritans won a significant state, and posed an actual threat to Roman Catholicism. The Popish plot, invented shortly after, did not help the poor catholics left in England. By the 1678, anti-catholic fever had reached a high. Catholics were being thrown out of power, all across England. It also had the effect, however, on stopping the divine right of kings, by proving, that Parliament was the real power, and the divine right, amounted to moot.
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."
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. Shockingly, it was not repealed until the rule of King George 2.
Terms and Conditions 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.Repercussions of the Test act
The test act was critical in the history of England, by forcing out the Catholics, who the puritans felt, were a threat. By enacting the Test Act, the puritans won a significant state, and posed an actual threat to Roman Catholicism. The Popish plot, invented shortly after, did not help the poor catholics left in England. By the 1678, anti-catholic fever had reached a high. Catholics were being thrown out of power, all across England. It also had the effect, however, on stopping the divine right of kings, by proving, that Parliament was the real power, and the divine right, amounted to moot.