Why did France become all Catholic?

Answer 1

France is about 86-88% Catholic. Many famous French nationals were or are Catholic such as Jacques Cousteau, Jacqueline Auriol, Brigitte Bardot, getting more spiritual, Probably more modern saints came from France than other European countries, this would include Saint Vincent De Paul- who founded various charities ( still extant) and with Ste Louise de Marillac- the Sisters of Charity, well-known female siants such as Ste. Catherine Laboure ( of the Sisters of Charity) Bernadette of Lourdes, and Theresa of Lisieux have been French. I"d say they were the biggest Catholic power- not without some schisms and jolts, outside of Fair Italy itself. During the so-called Babylonian captivity ( not in the mid-east)- For about 40 years Babylon France was the main seat of the church, which inspired the Folk song about everybody doing the dance on the Bridge of Avignon, which was in the same region of France. So it went. Many Saints from France.

Answer 2

The power of the Lord God Almighty and the message He sent through his missionaries converted what is now called France. A:France had a troubled religious history. French Christianity began in Lyons and spread quite slowly until the fourth century and imperial patronage for what was to become the Catholic Church in the west. Under the early Christian emperors, Gnostic Christianity and Arianism were eliminated in the west, although remnants of Gnosticism continued in the eastern Empire, and Arianism continued in Spain. Emperor Theodosius' edict to make Christianity "as taught by the bishops of Rome and Alexandria" the state religion of empire, meant that henceforth France would be Catholic.The next phase began around 1172 when Cathar Christianity became well established in southern France, much to the consternation of the Catholic Church. Crusades were organised to destroy Catharism over a period of several decades, slaughtering much of the population. In the years between 1227 and 1235, Pope Gregory IX also issued a number of decrees that established the Inquisition. Finally the 'Parfaits', the Cathar Elect, at Montsegur were offered the choice of recanting or being burned at the stake. They chose martyrdom, and in March 1244 over two hundred went to the flames singing. The threat to Catholic unity had been eliminated and France was a Catholic country once more. Many French people embraced Protestantism during the Reformation. The policy of Francis I of France had been to encourage the reformers in the hope of causing difficulties for the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. However, in 1545, Francis proclaimed his allegiance to the Catholic Faith and ordered the extermination of the Waldensians. Despite this persecution, the Protestants increased in number and spread throughout most of France, greatly influenced by Calvinism. From 1562 to 1598, there were 8 religious civil wars, in which many Protestants died. In 1563, by the Peace of Ambroise, the Huguenots were allowed to practise their own worship in a number of cities. On St Bartholomew's Day in 1572, 8,000 Huguenots were killed in Paris, plus many more in the provinces. In 1576, by the Peace of Monsieur, the Huguenots were granted permission to worship throughout France except in the vicinity of Paris. Further persecution followed and, towards the end of the following century, the remaining Huguenots fled the country. Once again, France was Catholic. Answer The Franks, and the Baptism of Clovis began "France" as a nation. The Franks were a collection of tribes from the Baltic seacoast, they invaded Gaul (modern France) and Clovis became King of the "Franks" in 482. He was baptized in 496 which marks the beginning of "Catholic France". Clovis was called the "second Constantine". The Kingdom of France came into existence with Clovis as its first king. There was reputedly a miracle during Clovis' baptism, the Bishop had no Chrism to anoint him, looking up, a dove descended with a vial of Chrism. It was used for the next nearly 1,300 hundred years to anoint the Kings of France, even the protestant Gibbon - with his usual sneer - recounts the story in 1780. The vial was smashed during the French Revolution, the remains were recovered, and the last few drops were used for the coronation of Charles X in 1824.