Test Act 1673

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Act of Parliament of England penal law

The Test Act 1673 was an English law that barred Catholics and nonconformists from holding public office by requiring holders of civil and military positions to take Anglican communion and deny key Catholic doctrines.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Test Acts	6
Test Act 1673 canonical	3
Test Act	1
Test Act 1678	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Test Act 1673
Context triple: [Restoration (England), legalAct, Test Act 1673]

A. The Act
The Act is a Hulu true-crime anthology drama series that dramatizes real-life criminal cases, beginning with the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee.
B. Act of Security 1704
The Act of Security 1704 was a pivotal Scottish law asserting the Scottish Parliament’s right to choose a separate successor to the throne from England unless key economic and political conditions were met, intensifying the constitutional crisis that led to the 1707 Acts of Union.
C. ACT
ACT is the standard vehicle registration code used for the Australian Capital Territory in Australia.
D. ACT
ACT is NATO’s strategic command responsible for leading the alliance’s military transformation, innovation, and future capability development.
E. ACT
ACT is a standardized college admissions test in the United States that assesses high school students' readiness for college-level work.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Test Act 1673
Target entity description: The Test Act 1673 was an English law that barred Catholics and nonconformists from holding public office by requiring holders of civil and military positions to take Anglican communion and deny key Catholic doctrines.

A. The Act
The Act is a Hulu true-crime anthology drama series that dramatizes real-life criminal cases, beginning with the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee.
B. Act of Security 1704
The Act of Security 1704 was a pivotal Scottish law asserting the Scottish Parliament’s right to choose a separate successor to the throne from England unless key economic and political conditions were met, intensifying the constitutional crisis that led to the 1707 Acts of Union.
C. ACT
ACT is the standard vehicle registration code used for the Australian Capital Territory in Australia.
D. ACT
ACT is NATO’s strategic command responsible for leading the alliance’s military transformation, innovation, and future capability development.
E. ACT
ACT is a standardized college admissions test in the United States that assesses high school students' readiness for college-level work.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of England ⓘ penal law ⓘ
appliedToOfficeType	civil offices ⓘ military offices ⓘ
appliesTo	officeholders in the civil service ⓘ officers in the armed forces ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateEnacted	1673 ⓘ
doctrineDenied	Catholic belief in the Mass as a sacrifice ⓘ transubstantiation ⓘ
enactedUnderMonarch	Charles II of England ⓘ
enforcedBy	English government authorities ⓘ
historicalContext	Restoration period in England ⓘ
influenced	later British religious test legislation ⓘ
inForceUntil	19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalEffect	barred Catholics from holding public office ⓘ barred Protestant nonconformists from holding public office ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
longTitle	An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants ⓘ
motivatedBy	anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ fear of Catholic influence at court ⓘ
notableConsequence	resignation of James, Duke of York, from public office ⓘ
partiallyRepealedBy	Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
partOf	English penal laws against Catholics ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to exclude Protestant nonconformists from public office ⓘ to exclude Roman Catholics from public office ⓘ
region	England and Wales ⓘ
relatedTo	Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ Test Act 1673 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Test Act 1678
religiousAffiliationRequired	Church of England ⓘ
requiredReligiousTest	oath denying transubstantiation ⓘ reception of Anglican communion ⓘ
shortName	Test Act 1673 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Test Act
subjectMatter	church–state relations in England ⓘ religious discrimination in public office ⓘ
targetedGroup	Protestant nonconformists ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholics
typeOfRestriction	religious test for office ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Restoration → legalAct → Test Act 1673 ⓘ

subject surface form: Restoration (England)

Declaration of Indulgence → precededBy → Test Act 1673 ⓘ