🟥 12 juillet 1790 : la Constitution civile du clergé fracture l’Église de France
Quand la Révolution voulut transformer les prêtres en fonctionnaires 🇬🇧 Summary On 12 July 1790, the French National Assembly adopted the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The law reorganized the Church according to the new administrative divisions of France, turned bishops and priests into salaried public officials, and required them to swear loyalty to the revolutionary order. The measure split the clergy between constitutional priests and refractory priests, creating a religious fracture that soon led to persecution, deportations and martyrdom.