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Transubstantiation, 'the change of the substance of the Bread and Wine in the Supper of our Lord' (Art. 28 of the Thirtynine Articles of Religion); 'a conversion of the whole substance of the Bread into the Body and of the whole substance of the Wine into the Blood, which conversion the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation.'-Creed of Pope Pius IV., founded on Ch. iv., sess. xiii., of the Council of Trent.Declaration against Transubstantiation.-A Declaration (commonly called the 'Declaration against Transubstantiation') was required of all members of either House of Parliament in 1678, by 30 Car. 2, st. 2, c. 1, with the effect of disabling Roman Catholics from sitting in either House till the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7).Declaration by each new Sovereign.-Both the Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), and the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by an incorporation, by reference only, of 30 Car. 2, st. 2, c. 1 (of which 'so much as is u...
Impanation
Embodiment in bread the supposed real presence and union of Christs material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature distinguished from transubstantiation which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements It is akin to consubstantiation...
Protestant
Protestant. This term does not occur in the Canons of 1603, or in the Thirty-nine Articles, or in the Acts of Uniformity, but appears in many statutes of later date, notably in the (English) Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), in which, by way of making further provision (in addition to that made by the Bill of Rights in 1688) 'for the succession of the Crown in the Protestant line,' the Crown was settled, in default of issue of Princess Anne of Denmark (afterwards Queen Anne) and William III., on the Princess Sophia and the heirs of her body, 'being Protestants'; it being added that 'whosoever shall hereafter come to the possession of this Crown shall join in communion with the Church of England as by law established.'The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), after reciting that 'it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant kingdom to be governed by a popish prince or by any king or queen marrying a papist,' d...
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
Test Act
Test Act (25 Car. 2, c. 2), by which it was provided that all persons having any offices, civil or military (with the exception of some few of an inferior kind), or receiving pay from the Crown, or holding a place of trust under it, should take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, subscribe a declaration against transubstantiation, and receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England. The Test Act, after having been extended by 1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 13, 2 Geo. 2, c. 31, and 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, was repealed by 9Geo. 4, c. 17...
Toleration Act
Toleration Act (English) (1 W. & M. st. 1, c. 18), confirmed by 10 Anne, c. 2, by which all persons dissenting from the Church of England (except Papists and persons denying the Trinity) were relieved from such of the Acts against Nonconformists as prevented their assembling for religious worship according to their own forms, or otherwise restrained their religious liberty, on condition of their taking the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and subscribing a declaration against transubstantiation; and in the case of dissenting ministers, subscribing also to certain of the Thirty-nine Articles. So much of the Toleration Act as excepted persons denying the Trinity from its benefits, and so much of the Blasphemy Act of William III as related to persons who 'deny any one of the Three Persons in the Holy Trinity to be God,' were repealed in 1813 by 53 Geo. 3, c. 160. See the case of Lady Hewley's Charities, Shore v. Wilson, (1842) 9 Cl&Fin 355, and the Act was repealed, save for some minor ...
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