Council of Conscience

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The Council of Conscience was a high advisory body in early 18th-century France responsible for matters of religion, morality, and ecclesiastical policy within the royal government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government body
royal advisory council
appliesToJurisdiction France NERFINISHED
composition high-ranking clergy
royal ministers
theologians
concernedWith Gallicanism NERFINISHED
Jansenist controversy NERFINISHED
censorship of religious writings
discipline of religious orders
moral regulation of the kingdom
relations with the papacy
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dissolved 18th century
fieldOfWork Catholic Church–state relations
ecclesiastical affairs
morality
religious policy
governmentBranch executive
hasAuthorityOver French clergy (in temporal matters)
implementation of royal religious policy
hasRole advisory body to the king
oversight of ecclesiastical appointments
oversight of religious matters
shaping royal policy on the Church
supervision of moral discipline
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
inception early 18th century
isPartOf Ancien Régime institutions
location Paris
Versailles NERFINISHED
partOf French royal government
administration of Louis XIV
administration of Louis XV
religion Roman Catholicism
subordinateTo King of France NERFINISHED
royal council system of France
temporalCoverage early 18th century
usesLanguage French

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System of Polysynody (as political reform) hasCouncil Council of Conscience
subject surface form: System of Polysynody