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   Declaration Against Transubstantiation: The recipient of office had to publicly declare that the doctrine of Transubstantiation—the belief that the bread and wine consecrated during the Eucharist literally become the body and blood of Christ—was idolatrous and superstitious. This clause was designed explicitly to exclude Roman Catholics, as the doctrine is central to Catholic eucharistic theology.
   Subsequent acts, such as the Test Act 1678, broadened the scope, often requiring office-holders to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion according to the rites …