All monastic orders were no longer legal in France. It allowed for the confiscation of Church lands and abolished the tithe to the Vatican.
Bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state
The civil constitution of the clergy did not introduce any changes in the liturgy.
The civil constitution of the clergy did not introduce any changes in the liturgy.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy did NOT accomplish the following things:It did not confiscate Church holdings in France.It did not create the position of pope.It did not win the clergy over to the side of the Revolution.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy did NOT accomplish the following things:It did not confiscate Church holdings in France.It did not create the position of pope.It did not win the clergy over to the side of the Revolution.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy did NOT accomplish the following things:Allow women to become priestsCreate the position of popeWin the clergy over to the side of the Revolution
Allow women to become priests
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
A huge gulf opened between revolutionaries in Paris and the peasantry in the province
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy forced the clergy to take an oath to the National Assembly instead of to Rome, and it required that priests be elected. This action alienated the clergy from the Revolution and infuriated the king.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy forced the clergy to take an oath to the National Assembly instead of to Rome, and it required that priests be elected. This action alienated the clergy from the Revolution and infuriated the king.
In the 1801 Concordat he ended the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, returned to the Gregorian Calendar and restored Sunday as a festival.
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