The French Revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics; leaving the common people bereft of spiritual guidance and solace.
Catholic church, Christianity, king, nobility
The First Estate. See Wikipedia article on the subject at the link below.
The Catholic Church was stripped of most of its wealth and influence.
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate. The French Nobles made up the Second Estate. The commoners were all lumped into the Third Estate.
France did not have an Emperor during the French Revolution, Napoleon became the Emperor of the French in 1804.
It was the French citizen who was opposed by the Royalty and the Catholic Church.
Many were sacked and looted. Some were converted into warehouses and markets.
There is only one Catholic Church, and all ordained priests were members of it before the revolution.
They confiscated all of the Catholic Church property and sold it to help ease the French debt.
The First Estate.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed during the French Revolution that aimed to reorganize the Catholic Church in France. It required clergy to take an oath of loyalty to the state, leading to division and conflict within the Church. This law significantly weakened the influence of the Catholic Church in France and contributed to the overall secularization of society during the Revolution.
The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics.
The Catholic Church was the richest institution in the country and the largest land owner.
The French government.
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Ummm... you've heard of the French Revolution, right? The terror, the guillotine, etc? that is the effect anticlerical sentiment had on France.