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Why were many Catholics absent from the Catholic Church in the 15 hundreds?
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The sixteenth century was the upheaval known as the protestant revolt. At that time, the Peace of Westphalia decreed that if a prince left the Catholic Church to become a protestant, then everyone in his kingdom also had to become protestant, thus many sincere Catholics were denied access to the sacraments.
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What does absent mean?
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What is the past tense of Absent?
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