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Catholic concessions under Napoleon Organic Articles
Excerpt outlines church state terms in Paris 1801, including government control over French episcopal appointments. It covers bishops’ maintenance, alienated ecclesiastical property, endowments, and restrictions on Rome’s authority, with rules on clergy education, ordination age, diocesan visits, liturgy, attire, and worship under the First Consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Republic
Paris
Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Archiep
Corinthi
Hercules
Cardinal Consalvi
Bernier
Cretet
F. Carolus Casseili
Messidor
Rome
France
Council of State