Charles hoped to make peace between the different religious groups. He
wanted to allow Puritans and Catholics who disliked the Anglican Church to meet
freely. But Parliament was strongly Anglican, and would not allow this. Before
the Civil War, Puritans looked to Parliament for protection against the king.
Now they hoped that the king would protect them against Parliament.
Charles himself was attracted to the Catholic Church. Parliament knew
this and was always afraid that Charles would become a Catholic. For this
reason Parliament passed the Test Act
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