1791 ⟶ Assembly Restricts Priests' Vestments
June 15: The Assembly forbids priests to wear ecclesiastical...
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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 Mandates Curés Read Decrees Aloud
February 23: The Assembly requires curés (parish priests) in churches across France to read aloud the decrees of the Assembly.⟶
ReligionClergyDecreesAssemblyChurchPropagandaRevolutionary DecreesPublic AnnouncementFrance
⛪ Clerical Oath of Allegiance Divides Assembly
December 27: Thirty-nine deputies of the Assembly, who are also clergymen, take an oath of allegiance to the government. However, a majority of clergymen serving in the Assembly refuse to take the oath.⟶
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⛪ Assembly Restricts Priests' Vestments
June 15: The Assembly forbids priests to wear ecclesiastical robes outside churches.⟶
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⛪ 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