Église Catholique Française

This article covers the Church that existed from 1830 to 1850. See also: Église Catholique, Apostolique et Française

The Église Catholique Française was an independent, liberal and national church in France, independent of the Pope . It was founded during the July Revolution in 1830 with the aim of bringing the French Church as a whole on this path, but only existed until 1850, not without interruptions.

The founder and head was Ferdinand François Châtel (1795–1857), "Bishop-Primate of Gaul". It allowed the use of French in the liturgy, the chalice communion also for lay people , the marriage of bishops and priests and abolished the obligation to confess the ears , to fast and to abstinence . The community, which was shaped by Gallicanism , found supporters among dissatisfied Catholics and members of the Petite Église , but remained dependent on their pastor and his eventful biography, and therefore dissolved before the death of its founder Châtel.

literature

• Iorwerth Prothero: Religion and Radicalism in July Monarchy France. The French Church of the Abbé Chatel , Lampeter, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7734-6221-X .