1794 ⟶ Convention Ends State Funding of Clergy and Church Property Maintenance
September 18: The Convention stops paying officially sanctio...
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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
💰 Government Seizes Church Precious Metals
September 10: The government requisitions all church objects made of gold or silver.⟶
ChurchConfiscationReligionSecularizationNationalizationPropertyRevolutionary GovernmentTreasuryAssets
⛪ Convention Bans Religious Instruction by Clergy
October 28: The Convention forbids religious instruction by clerics.⟶
French RevolutionDechristianizationReligionClergyConventionEducationSecularismAnti-clericalismInstruction
⛪ Convention Ends State Funding of Clergy and Church Property Maintenance
September 18: The Convention stops paying officially sanctioned priests and stops maintaining church properties.⟶
ReligionChurchStateSecularizationClergyPropertyFrench RevolutionConventionDechristianizationAnti-clericalism