Joseph Story's "Commentaries" on the U.S. Constitution suggests that  it 
would officially have ended shortly after the U.S. Constitution went into  
effect.  At _http://www.constitution.org/js/js_343.htm_ 
(http://www.constitution.org/js/js_343.htm) ,  Ch. XL888, sections 1840-1842 discuss the law passed 
by Congress in 1789 which  prescribed oaths to be taken by federal and 
state officers.  The matter of  transubstantiation and other doctrines is 
specifically addressed in section  1842.
 
--Warren Napier, PhD
    Affiliate Faculty
    School of Humanities and Social Sciences
    College for Professional Studies, Regis University,  Denver
    
 
 
In a message dated 11/10/2010 6:54:45 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
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Do you  know when this ended?

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---  On Tue, 11/9/10, Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:

From: Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:  Re: [VA-HIST] Religous tests in early Va
To:  [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10:28  AM

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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