Later Developments
Toleration of worship was later extended to Protestants who did not believe in Trinitarian doctrine in the Unitarians Relief Act 1813. Catholics were allowed to worship under strict conditions through the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791. As time went on, oaths and tests that barred non-conformists and Catholics from public offices, school keeping and owning land were rescinded by laws such as Roman Catholic Relief Act 1778, the Roman Catholic Charities Act 1832, the Test Abolition Act 1867, the Promissory Oaths Act 1868, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 and the Oaths Act 1978. The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 allowed Catholics to be elected to Parliament and most Crown offices, while the Jews Relief Act 1858 acted similarly for members of Judaism. The Religious Disabilities Act 1846 ended restrictions on Catholics for education, charities, and property - though Oxford, Cambridge and Durham universities were allowed to ban Catholics until the passage of the University Tests Act 1871. By the passage of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 an optional system of registration for non-Anglican places of worship was passed which gave certain legal and fiscal advantages for those that registered, and "alternative religion was not only lawful, but was often facilitated by the law."
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