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navigation, search  The Test Act of 1673 in England obligated
all persons filling any office, civil or military, to take oaths
of supremacy and allegiance, to subscribe to a declaration
against transubstantiation, and to receive the sacrament within
three months of taking office.  The oath for the Test Act of
1673 was:  "I, N, do declare that I do believe that there is not
any transubstantion 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 whatsovever."  In 1678 the act was
extended thus:  "I, N, do solemnly and sincerely in the presence
of God profess, testify, and declare, that I do believe that in
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any
Transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the
Body and Blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by
any person whatsoever: and that the invocation or adoration of
the Virgin Mary or any othe