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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

(July 12, 1790) Act, passed by the National Assembly during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman Catholic church in France to the state. Under its provisions, enfranchised citizens would elect bishops and parish priests and the state would pay the clergy's wages. The act soon provoked opposition, and when the National Assembly ordered the clergy to take an oath supporting the Civil Constitution, many refused. The resulting schism within the French church caused many devout Catholics to turn against the Revolution.
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Nor did it evolve much after internalizing the truly revolutionary changes the Sanhedrin accepted; moreover, with the strictures against usury the Emperor introduced, and the exclusion of the Jews from the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, life continued still much as before.
Modern Jews and French citizens by Wall, Irwin / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
While no thoroughgoing reorganization of the Church was at first envisioned, the difficulties between orders in late 1789 coupled to the logic of religious freedom led to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and an oath of political loyalty being demanded from the clergy.
The Night the Old Regime Ended: August 4, 1789, and the French ... by Censer, Jack R. / Journal of Social History
This act "was the point of departure" separating "the Church and the Revolution, which was further widened by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy," observes Michael Ross.
The valiant Vendeans: As the forces of revolution ravaged France near ... by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
 
 
 
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