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He imposes his belief; and no one, thus far, has been able to contradict him: first, because the gospel contains the purest morality; and also because the doctrine which it contains of obscurity is only the proclamation and the truth of that which exists where no eye can see, and no reason can penetrate.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
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- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Napoleon Bonaparte - On the Divinity of Jesus Christ, at Saint Helena - 1820. “I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist.
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Aug 3, 2023 · Magazine. History. Napoleon Bonaparte Versus the Pope. In fact, the power-mad emperor won . . . but not in the way you might think. Cy Kellett • 8/3/2023. Listen to the audio version of this content.
The Napoleonic Wars marked one of the deepest crises in the history of the Roman Church throughout Europe. For Catholicism, the experiences of the 1790s were cataclysmic. In France, Gallicanism was riven by a schism between those clerics who supported the Revolution of 1789 and those who had remained loyal to Rome.
From a position relative obscurity as the scion of petty Corsican nobility, Napoleon rose to become Emperor of most of Europe, and a primary symbol of his time. All over Europe, monarchies were weakening, but it was still unclear what forms of government would replace the old order.
The Concordat of 1801 is an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored some of its civil status.
Aug 14, 2023 · Bonaparte understood that all power is relative and limited in varying ways and degrees. Yet, ultimately, Napoleon failed spectacularly. The near absolute control he amassed as emperor and through his dazzling military victories warped him.