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Due to the increasing unpopularity of James II's religious policy, the Ecclesiastical Commission was disbanded on his instructions after the acquittals in the
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by sanctioning those hostile to it, and enforce the king's religious policy generally. During its existence, the Commission suspended
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also empowered to try all offences punishable under ecclesiastical law. It was disbanded shortly before the
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The Ecclesiastical Commission was in effect a revival of the
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