MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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returned church lands to the pope and clergy.
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recognized Catholicism as the majority religion of France.
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created more stability within France.
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did not satisfy the priests and lower classes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Concordat of 1801, agreement reached on July 15, 1801, between Napoleon Bonaparte and papal and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris, defining the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France and ending the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations enacted during the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bonaparte and Pope Pius XVII finalized the Concordat in 1815 after nearly a year of negotiations. The agreement recognized Catholicism as “the religion of the great majority of citizens, ” and the clergy (the bishops and the parish priests) became employees of the state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Concordat of 1801 is an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored some of its civil status.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Concordat of 1801 was signed in Paris. It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics and solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France, with most of its civil status restored.
Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon Bonaparte attempted to reconcile religion and politics in order to bring social stability to France which was suffering from moral decadence and de-Christianization policies.