▁government ▁exerc ised ▁control ▁over ▁religious ▁hol id ays . ▁The ▁Fe ast ▁of ▁the ▁Ass umption ▁( August ▁ 1 5 ) ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁hol id ays ▁retained . ▁It ▁also ▁happened ▁to ▁be ▁Napoleon ' s ▁birth day . ▁ ▁P ertain ing ▁to ▁Protest ants ▁ ▁These ▁articles ▁were ▁largely ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Catholic ▁reg ulations ; ▁Protest ants ▁fav ored ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Articles ▁prevent ing ▁Catholic ▁dom ination ▁in ▁France . ▁The ▁Cal vin ist ▁community , ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁Christian ity , ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁con greg ations ▁of ▁ad her ents ▁govern ed ▁by ▁cler ical ▁leaders ▁appointed ▁by ▁wealth y ▁or ▁powerful ▁tax pay ers . ▁Par allel ▁to ▁the ▁Articles ▁relative ▁to ▁Catholic ism , ▁the ▁past ors ▁were ▁sal ar ied ▁by ▁the ▁State , ▁and ▁following ▁this , ▁a ▁Cal vin ist ▁rev ival ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁Protest ants . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Nicholas ▁At kin : ▁" O st ens ibly ▁these ▁de alt ▁with ▁the ▁polic ing ▁arrang ements ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁Article ▁ 1 , ▁but ▁in ▁practice ▁they ▁went ▁much ▁further . ▁Government ▁appro b ation ▁was ▁required ▁before ▁pap al ▁pron unci ations ▁could ▁be ▁published , ▁coun c ils ▁conv oked , ▁new ▁par ishes ▁established ▁and ▁chap els ▁set ▁up . ▁A ▁uniform ▁c ate ch ism ▁was ▁introduced , ▁church ▁wed d ings ▁could ▁not ▁preced e ▁the ▁civil ▁ceremony , ▁c athedral ▁chap ters ▁were ▁reduced ▁to ▁merely