France used to be the oldest daughter of the Church

>France used to be the oldest daughter of the Church
>Now it's one of the most anti-Catholic countries around

How did this even happen? I know that during the Revolution of 1789 a lot of shit went down with the Church because they implicitly supported the Ancien Regime, but Napoleon did his best to mend things (Concordat of 1801). Afterwards we had the disastrous Bourbon restoration, then the Second Empire led by the very pro-Catholic Napoleon III and then the Third Republic. Why did the Third Republic once again devolve into anti-religious sentiment that went way further than 'regular' secularism as it existed in other countries, especially when there was no strict 'need' for it like in the First Republic?

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>France used to be the oldest daughter of the Church
>Not Rome
>Or Italy.
The French nationalism in this board is fucking pathetic.

Francia ring a bell to you, or is this bait?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_France
>The Catholic Church of France, sometimes called the "eldest daughter of the Church" owing to its early and unbroken communion (2nd century) with the bishop of Rome, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church.

if only the Huguenots won

But thats how france was always called. Its not a recent invention. Read a book

Because they finally had enough of the corrupted church eating on the back of the poors. They saw it for what it is, a device in the service of the oppressive state to ease the masses into submission

>talking about """italy""" before the 19th century
Yes, as user said, read a book.

Because of good ol' descartes, voltaire etc?

And Protestantism is only a way to make the masses okay with mass subjugation to economic barons, with the "muh faith and not works" autism.

See, I can meme too.

Cause you needed a reason to make this thread, thats why.

France didn't become Protestant tho, it became ultra secularist. All priests are frauds, all churches are scams.

*tips*

but it's true

Increased literacy and improved education has weakened the influence of Catholicism in France

>inb4 le Heisenberg quote

bump

>If he was alive today, he'd be called a Nazi by his own countrymen

If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

- John 15:18

"The Iron throne is mine, by right! All those who deny that are my foes."

-Thomas Jefferson

Education tends to banish fairy tales.

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It was the next step after hating the vatican for centuries

Then why is everyone so secular these days?

A succesful secular revolution that altered the culture. The masses will follow whatever ideology the ones in power enforce and teach in schools, and worse yet they will think it's their own opinion.

And people actually believe this.

Every priest I have ever know has been a cool guy who is just trying to help others. I was even a altar boy.
>tfw I was never diddled

That's for Christians not Catholics

Because of the rise of lawlessness, the love of many has grown cold.

Catho clergy was anti-republican
Catho clergy was ultra political at the moment of the revolution
Here 2 good reason to fight the catholic church in france for the republican.

That was 1789, which doesn't explain the 1905 law in effect to this very day.

There's literally nothing wrong with being anti-republican
Republics are shit

The 1905 law is an excellent legal protection against Islam.
Things would be way worse without it.