Organic Articles of 1802
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The Organic Articles of 1802 were a set of French laws issued under Napoleon that regulated the public practice and administration of Catholicism and Protestantism in France, effectively limiting the authority granted to the Church by the Concordat of 1801.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French law
→
religious regulation → |
| affects |
French bishops
→
French parish clergy → Lutheran Church in France → Reformed Church of France → |
| aimsTo |
control public worship
→
subordinate Church to the State → |
| appliesTo |
Catholic Church in France
→
Protestant churches in France → |
| characterizedAs |
instrument of state control over religion
→
|
| country |
France
→
|
| dateIssued |
1802
→
|
| enactedBy |
French state
→
|
| follows |
Concordat of 1801
→
|
| historicalPeriod |
Napoleonic era
→
|
| influencedBy |
Gallican traditions of church–state relations
→
|
| inForceDuring |
early 19th century
→
|
| issuedUnder |
Consulate (France)
→
|
| language |
French
→
|
| legalStatus |
statutory law
→
|
| legalSystem |
French civil law
→
|
| limits |
authority granted by the Concordat of 1801
→
authority of the Catholic Church in France → |
| partOf |
Napoleonic religious settlement
→
|
| precedes |
later 19th‑century French secularization laws
→
|
| promulgatedBy |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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|
| regulates |
administration of Catholicism in France
→
administration of Protestantism in France → public practice of religion in France → |
| relatedTo |
Concordat of 1801
→
Gallicanism → |
| religiousPolicyOf |
First French Empire
→
French Consulate → |
| scope |
metropolitan France
→
|
| subjectMatter |
administration of dioceses
→
church–state relations → organization of public worship → religious freedom regulation → status of Protestant denominations → |
| typeOfRegulation |
unilateral state regulation of churches
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Concordat of 1801
→
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followedBy |