An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants

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An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants is the formal long title of the Test Act 1673, a key English law that imposed religious tests to exclude Roman Catholics from public office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
Test Act ⓘ
penal law ⓘ
aimedToPrevent perceived dangers from Popish recusants ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Test Act ⓘ
linked to: Test Act of 1673
appliesTo holders of civil offices ⓘ
holders of military offices ⓘ
members of Parliament ⓘ
associatedWith Church of England ⓘ
Restoration period ⓘ
centuryEnacted 17th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
discriminatoryAgainst Roman Catholics in England ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
enforcementMechanism disqualification from office for non-compliance ⓘ
historicalSignificance key statute institutionalizing Anglican supremacy in public life ⓘ
major milestone in the legal exclusion of Catholics from English political power ⓘ
influenced later religious test legislation in Britain ⓘ
restrictions on Catholics in the British Isles ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legacy contributed to long-term civil disabilities for Catholics in Britain ⓘ
legalEffect barred Catholics from holding public office unless they conformed to the Church of England ⓘ
made reception of the Anglican sacrament a qualification for office ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
longTitle An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants ⓘ
motivatedBy concern about loyalty of Catholics to the Pope ⓘ
fear of Catholic influence in government ⓘ
partOf English Test Acts ⓘ
linked to: Test Act 1673

English penal laws against Catholics ⓘ
politicalContext anti-Catholic sentiment in Restoration England ⓘ
tensions over the suspected Catholicism of James, Duke of York ⓘ
primaryPurpose to exclude Roman Catholics from public office ⓘ
to impose religious tests for public office ⓘ
reignDuringEnactment reign of Charles II ⓘ
relatedConcept religious intolerance in early modern England ⓘ
relatedLegislation Test Act 1678 ⓘ
religiousTarget Popish recusants ⓘ
Roman Catholics ⓘ
requires declaration against transubstantiation ⓘ
oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy ⓘ
royalAssentBy Charles II of England ⓘ
shortName Test Act 1673 ⓘ
subjectMatter disabilities imposed on Roman Catholics ⓘ
religious tests for officeholders ⓘ
typeOfDisability religious test for office ⓘ
yearEnacted 1673 ⓘ

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Test Act 1673 → longTitle → An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants ⓘ