1. french revolution
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was established in 1790, and it stated that both Bishops and Priests were to be elected and paid by state. ... One change that they were very unhappy with was the integration of the church into the state. They believed that church and state should be separate. ... For one, the Clergy were very upset about having to be part of the state, up to then, church and state had been separate. ... They too, were unhappy with the church being part of the state, but they were not as religious as the peasants. ...
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