How Did The Concordat Affect The Roman Catholic Church?

The Concordat of 1801 was Napoleon’s agreement with Pope Pius VII that both conciliated the revolutionaries and made the Roman Catholic Church the majority church in France. The Concordat allowed Napoleon to gain the approval of French Catholics while establishing control over Rome in a political sense. The provisos of the Concordat were quite simple. It was declared that Catholicism was the majority religion of France, but not the state religion, therefore still allowing religious freedom. The church could worship in public as long as the local mayor agreed and there were police present. While the Catholic church could supplant bishops, the French government appointed them, so it made no large difference. The state would have to pay