New Relations Between Church & State
VGovernment paid the salaries of the French clergy and maintained the churches.
VThe church was reorganized:
§Parish priests ŕ elected by the district assemblies.
§Bishops ŕ named by the
department assemblies.
department assemblies.
§The pope had NO
voice in the
appointment of
the French clergy.
voice in the
appointment of
the French clergy.
VIt transformed France’s
Roman Catholic Church
into a branch of the state!!
Roman Catholic Church
into a branch of the state!!
Pope Pius VI
[1775-1799]
[1775-1799]