Title Patriot and priest : Jean-Baptiste Volfius and the constitutional church in the Côte-d'Or / Annette Chapman-Adisho

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 86 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 86. Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Creating a Diocese: The Case of Dijon -- 1789: The Diocese of Dijon's Clergy in a Revolutionary Year -- A Bishop for the Côte-d'Or -- Organizing the Constitutional Church in the Côte-d'Or -- The First Terror against the Clergy, 1792 -- Battling Fanaticism: Dechristianization in the Côte-d'Or -- The Campaign for Religious Liberty and Establishing the Gallican Church -- Religious Pluralism and the Early Directory, 1795-1797 -- Targeting Fanaticism and Cultivating Citizens -- Reviving Conciliarism in the Gallican Church: National Councils and the Synod of the Côte-d'Or -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Careers of Eleven Constitutional Clergy Elected in the District of Arnay-le-Duc in March 1791 -- Abbé Reinert's Research on the Ecclesiastical Oath of 1791 in the Côte-d'Or -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "In 1790, the French revolutionary government reformed the Catholic Church and demanded that clerics swear an oath of allegiance to the nation and its vision for French Catholicism. Although half of France's parish clergy refused to accept the state-sponsored reforms, others became embroiled in this decade long ecclesiastical experiment. This included Jean-Baptiste Volfius, a patriot, priest, and professor who embraced the changes in France and believed in the revolution's potential to create a purer church. Patriot and Priest presents a social and intellectual history of the French constitutional church in the Côte-d'Or and the career of Volfius, who became its bishop in 1791, as he struggled to create and run the church. Annette Chapman-Adisho addresses the daily experience of the constitutional clergy over the course of ten years, exploring the interactions between priests and local and national authorities, the response of the laity to the divisions in the French Catholic Church, the evolution of these issues over time, and the eventual reconciliation of the clergy following the Napoleonic Concordat with Pope Pius VII in 1801. Using a rich collection of archival sources, this book demonstrates that although the constitutional church was ultimately a failed project, its legacy endured long after it ended. Tracing the social, political, and theological history of this reform effort, Patriot and Priest offers new insights into the French Revolution and its impact on French Catholicism."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2020) Subject Volfius, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1822. Catholic Church -- France -- Côte-d'Or -- History -- 18th century Catholic Church -- France -- Côte-d'Or -- Clergy -- History -- 18th century Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century. Catholic Church -- Clergy -- History -- 18th century SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Church and state -- France -- Côte-d'Or -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Europe -- France. Church and state Clergy SUBJECT France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020006113 Côte-d'Or (France) -- Church history -- 18th century Subject France France -- Côte-d'Or Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773559875 0773559876

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