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Strangely enough it never affected the English Catholics' patriotic feelings. Persecution of Catholics for purely religious reasons were rare; and although for a period all citizens were officially required to regularly attend Church of England church services the enforcement of this law was a local matter and Catholics were usually left pretty much alone. The distrust of Catholics' loyalty to the British Crown led however to a law that would only be repealed in the 19th century, banning Catholics from holding any local or central administrative office.
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