1792Assembly Abolishes Remaining Religious Orders

August 18: The Assembly abolishes the religious teaching ord...
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⛪ Assembly Suppresses Contemplative Religious Orders

February 13: The Assembly forbids the taking of religious vows and suppresses the contemplative religious orders.
French RevolutionReligionChurchClergyReligious OrdersSuppressionSecularizationAssemblyVows

✝️ Assembly Abolishes Remaining Religious Orders

August 18: The Assembly abolishes the religious teaching orders and those running hospitals, the last remaining religious orders in France.
Religious OrdersSecularizationFrench RevolutionAnti-clericalismClergyHospitalsEducationNational AssemblyReligious ReformChurch and State

🏛️ Sorbonne University Closed by the National Assembly

April 5: The Assembly closes the Sorbonne, a center of conservative theology.
French RevolutionReligious InstitutionsSorbonneEducationSecularizationAnti-ClericalismNational AssemblyUniversitiesReligious Reform

⚔️ Assembly Orders Raising of New Army Battalions

May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.
French RevolutionMilitaryArmyBattalionWarNational AssemblyDefense1792

⛪ Assembly Orders Deportation of Unsworn Priests

May 27: The Assembly orders the deportation of priests who have not signed the oath to the government, known as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
ClergyDeportationCivil Constitution of the ClergyReligious PersecutionFrench RevolutionCounter-RevolutionOath of AllegianceChurch and StateReligious Conflict

⛪ Convention Bans Religious Instruction by Clergy

October 28: The Convention forbids religious instruction by clerics.
French RevolutionDechristianizationReligionClergyConventionEducationSecularismAnti-clericalismInstruction