To settle the religious question between the great majority of French, who were fervent Catholic, and the French ruling establishment, derived from the Revolution, who were atheists.
The Concordat put to an end the persecution against the Catholic masses, granting their religious and civil
rights within the structure of a laical State.
He entered into a Concordat with the Catholic Church in 1801 that provided at least some percieved control by Rome over the church in France. It won him the blessing of the Pope, the approval of the masses and cost him nothing.
By snatching the crown away from the Pope and placing it on his head himself.
No pope was going to crown Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821).Specifically, Napoleon's coronation was planned and rehearsed in advance. Napoleon intended for there to be no misunderstanding as to the ultimate authority in the domains over which he ruled. He therefore arranged for the papal role to be limited to blessing the crown and royal regalia at the altar whereas the actual crowning of the imperial couple was by himself alone.
Reforms in law and the justice system via the Napoleonic Code, economic reforms in the Bank of France, reforms with religion by concluding a Concordat with the Pope were a few. He also gave civil liberties to Jews.
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It remained nominally Catholic and in 1801 Napoleon signed a Concordat with the Pope.
Through the Concordat of 1801: the Concordat of 1801 is a reflection of an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored some of its civil status. While the Concordat restored some ties to the papacy, it was largely in favor of the state; the balance of church-state relations had tilted firmly in Napoleon Bonaparte's favour. As a part of the Concordat, he presented another set of laws called the Organic Articles.
The Concordat of 1801 ended the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, established Catholicism as the majority church of France, restored its civil status and returned some control of the Church to the Pope. It did not return church property siezed during the Revolution.
This is actually a phrase, not a question, but the concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII. The govt recognized the influence of the Church, but did not give it power. the govt would also pay the clergy and pick the archbishops and bishops
A:In 1797, the Pope was forced by the French army's arrival in Rome to abandon claim to large areas of papal territory and was taken captive to France. In 1799, Napoleon was made First Consul, and reached new terms with the Pope in the Concordat of 1801.Napoleon acknowledged that the majority of Frenchmen were Catholics and returned the papal states to the new Pope. In exchange, Pius VII annulled all the sees in France and cancelled the appointments of all incumbent bishops. New bishoprics were created and bishops were to be appointed by the Pope, with the First Consul to have right of veto. Likewise, the State was to be permitted to veto the appointment of lower clergy by the bishops. Some 'old' bishops refused to abandon their sees and were excommunicated.
He entered into a Concordat with the Catholic Church in 1801 that provided at least some percieved control by Rome over the church in France. It won him the blessing of the Pope, the approval of the masses and cost him nothing.
By the terms of the Concordat, Roman Catholicism was recognized as the religion of most French citizens. Archbishops and et.
15th July 1801
By the terms of the Concordat, Roman Catholicism was recognized as the religion of most French citizens. Archbishops and et.
He signed a Concordat with the Pope and the French clergy. By that mean he obtain the settlement of the relationship between the State and the Church. The appeasement had been highly wished by the great majority of French people, which was very grateful to Napoleon for that accomplishment.
During the French Revolution-that land owned by the Catholic Church was sold off allowing any religion to be practicedWhen Napoleon had Power-Napoleon made and agreement with the Pope called Concordat that allowed Catholicism to be the religion associated with the majority of the population-Napoleon gained the power to choose bishops-The church never got their land back-Napoleon took away the peasants need to pay taxes to the church, but still allow them to keep their homes
Concordat of Worms.