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The Oath of Supremacy, originally imposed by King Henry VIII of England through the Act of Supremacy 1534, but repealed by his daughter, Queen Mary I of England and reinstated under Mary's sister, Queen Elizabeth I of England under the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or church office in England to swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Failure to do so was to be treated as treasonable. The Oath was later extended to include Members of Parliament and people studying at universities.
Text of the Oath as published in 1559:
I, A. B., do utterly testify and declare in my conscience that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal, and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the Queen's Highness, her heirs and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions, pre-eminences, privileges and authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's Highness, her heirs or successors, or united or annexed to the imperial crown of this realm. So help me God, and by the contents of this Book.
Roman Catholics who refused to take the Oath of Supremacy, for example Sir Thomas More, were indicted for treason on charges of praemunire. Such persons were generally executed.
Some of the language in the Oath would later inspire the United States Oath of Citizenship.[citation needed]
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[Part 1:]
Under the shadow of the goat...I live !!!
We hate the holy things We are bloody vampires...
in search of victims
We are like God... We are God!!!
[Part 2:]
Oh Horned God... Infernal Horde
Help us in our mission of blood
I'm eternal...king of destruction & misery
Blood shaded on your body
You fell a shiver...of terror
in the desecrate church
Under the sing of evil...he comes Baptized
I baptize you...in the name of Satan
'De Causa peccati docent
quod tametsi deus creat et conservant naturam
tamen causa peccati est voluntas malorum
videlicente diaboli et impiorum quae
non adiuvante deo avertit se a deo
sicut Christus ait Loh... cum loquitur mendacium
ex ipso loquitor
Impure...forwarded on the world
to carry evil...spokesman of evil
and unholy glorification!!!!
Oath of supremacy
In happy copulation
drawn the pleasures of the bornjoy
the moment of desire!
the moment of desire!
The virgin that pines for man shall awaken
her whom to enormous joy
I want and unholy passion
An enchantment of blood
On his stormy bed lay the faint maid