FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state.
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the Church was to be separate from the government.
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the Methodist Church was to replace Catholicism as the state religion.
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the Church was to take over the Legislative Assembly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy: There were 83 bishops, one per department, rather than the previous 135 bishops. Bishops (known as constitutional bishops) and priests were elected locally; electors had to sign a loyalty oath to the constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil Constitution reduced the number of bishops and archbishops, made the clergy paid employees of the government and required all members of the clergy to swear an oath of loyalty to the nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -BACKGROUND: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed by the National Constituent Assembly on July 12, 1790. It was an effort to reform the French Church and make it accountable to the French nation, as opposed to existing as a privileged “Estate” as it had before the Revolution began.