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The French Revolution

The French Revolution. Civil Constitution of the Clergy By: Gabe Rodenberger. Why was it passed?. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy made reforms to several of these problems. Voted for the abolition of the privileges of the nobles and clergy(Aug. 4, 1789)

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The French Revolution

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  1. The French Revolution Civil Constitution of the Clergy By: Gabe Rodenberger

  2. Why was it passed? • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy made reforms to several of these problems. • Voted for the abolition of the privileges of the nobles and clergy(Aug. 4, 1789) • Seizure of the church’s wealth to balance the government’s financial deficit(Nov. 2, 1789) • Closed religious houses and released people from religious vows.(Feb. of 1790) • Many problems of the church and the government needed to be reformed. • First and Second estate tax exemption • State bankruptcy • Religious houses and views

  3. What happened to the church and its officials as a result? • When the privileges of the nobles and the clergy were abolished on Aug. 4, 1789, they now had to pay taxes and their positions as clergymen became working jobs. • The church lost much of its excessive wealth to the government to pay off its bankruptcy. • Bishops and pastors had to be elected by the people.

  4. What was the reaction of many bishops, priests, and the pope? • Pope Pius VI condemned the Constitution and forbade the faithful to abide to the law • The clergy divided into two different churches. The Constitutional Church: those siding with the state. And the Refractory Church: those siding with the papacy • The pope and many French episcopates turned against the Revolution

  5. How did the French peasants react? • Many French men and women turned against the Revolution • The division of the church caused civil war in France. • At least 30,000 ecclesiastics fled the country, and those that stayed risked their lives to defend their liberties. • “Then on Feb. 21, 1795, the Thermidorian Convention adopted a regime separating the State from the churches, thereby abandoning the Civil Constitution.”

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