Civil Constitution of the Clergy

The law of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (Fr. "Constitution civile du clergé"), passed July 12, 1790 during the French Revolution, subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.

Repeal of the Civil Constitution

After Thermidor, the Convention restored freedom of religion (February 21, 1795), but the schism between the civilly constituted French Church and the papacy was only resolved in 1801, when the Concordat was signed. In the interval, the French army would invade Rome (1798) and end the temporal sovereignty of the Pope.

Related Topics:
Thermidor - Convention - February 21 - 1795 - Concordat - 1798

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