... 1802 * crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I in 1804 Napoleon and the Catholic Church * Napoleon made peace with the Catholic church in 1801 * made negotiations with Pope Pius VII to reestablish the Catholic church in France * both sides gained from the Concordat that Napoleon arranged with the pope in 1801 * the pope gained the right to depose French bishops * the state retained the right to nominate bishops * by signing the Concordat, the pope acknowledged the accomplishments of the revolution * Catholicism was not reestablished as the state religion, Napoleon would only recognize Catholicism as the religion of a majority of the French people * the clergy would be paid by the state, but Protestant ministers were also put on the state payroll * as a result of the Concordat, the Catholic church was no longer an enemy of the French government A New Code of Laws * efforts were made during the revolution ...

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