Brief Caritas Criticizes Constitutional Consecrations
Pius VI condemned episcopal consecrations under the revolutionary settlement, aggravating a schism between constitutional clergy and papal loyalists.
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1791 in Italy
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Historical records for Italy in 1791
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Brief Quod Aliquantum Denounces Religious Changes
Pius VI issued Quod aliquantum against key revolutionary religious measures, challenging the Civil Constitution and the principles behind its enactment.
French Clergy Face Conflicting Loyalties
Pius VI insisted on papal authority while France required constitutional allegiance, leaving numerous priests caught between rival demands for obedience.
Papal Condemnation Deepens the Clerical Schism
Pius VI's rejection strengthened the nonjuring clergy and made acceptance of the Civil Constitution a lasting dividing line in French Catholicism.
Pius Six Rejects the Clergy Settlement
Pope Pius VI condemned the French ecclesiastical reorganization as incompatible with the Church's authority, intensifying the separation of sworn and nonsworn clergy.
Publication on Animal Electricity
Publishes De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
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