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Subject:	Re: Religous tests in early Va
From:	Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:28:03 -0500
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According to the "Industrial and historical sketch of Fairfax County,
Virginia," (1907), in colonial times all county officials were
required to take the "Test Oath" denying belief in the
Transubstantiation of the Eucharist, a clause no Roman Catholic could
swear to.

Henry Wiencek

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