---
title: 'The Religious Situation in France'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Ralph Earl Prime, Sr.'
date: 1910-10-20
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'European Church History'
- 'Roman Catholic History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 5'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/prime-1910-the-religious-situation-in-france
---

# The Religious Situation in France

Examines Gallican Church independence from Rome and its close tie to the French state, arguing that clerical privilege and church–state union contributed to abuses that helped provoke the French Revolution.

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