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Abjuration, Oath Of

An Act of 1701 required all clergy, members of the Universities, lawyers, and other persons who held public offices to abjure by oath the exiled House of Stewart. In the Roman Catholic Church a convert was formerly required to make a solemn abjuration of his former faith. In the Ritual of Strasburg (1742) he is asked: " Is it your firm purpose to renounce in heart and mind all the errors which it [the Catholic Church] condemns? " The modern convert in England is required to read and accept the Creed of Pope Pius IV, which denounces all doctrines, which are considered erroneous. See Oath. Dict.

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

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