Title: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State - Wikipedia
Headings: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
Contents
History
Provisions
Title I: Principles
Title II: Allocation of property, pensions
Title III: Buildings of worship
Title IV: Associations for the exercise of religion
Title V: Regulation of religious associations
Title VI: General Provisions
Effects
Politics
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: However, the revolution led to various policy changes, including a brief separation of church and state in 1795, ended by Napoleon 's re-establishment of the Catholic Church as the state religion with the Concordat of 1801. An important document in the evolution toward religious liberty was Article Ten of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, stating that "No one may be disturbed on account of his opinions, even religious ones, as long as the manifestation of such opinions does not interfere with the established Law and Order." The 1871 Paris Commune had proclaimed state secularism on 3 April 1871, but it had been cancelled following the Commune's defeat. After the 16 May 1877 crisis and the victory of the Republicans at the following elections, various draft laws requesting the suppression of the Concordat of 1801 were deposed, starting with the 31 July 1879 proposition of Charles Boysset. Beginning in 1879, the French state began a gradual national secularization program starting with the removal of priests from the administrative committees of hospitals and boards of charity, and in 1880 with the substitution of lay women for nuns in hospitals. Thereafter, the Third Republic established secular education with the Jules Ferry laws in 1881–1882, which were a significant part of the firm establishment of the Republican regime in France, with religious instruction in all schools forbidden. In 1886, another law ensured secularisation of the teaching staff of the National Education. 1904 Demonstration at the Notre Dame des Champs church in Paris
Other moves towards secularism included: the introduction of divorce and a requirement that civil marriages be performed in a civil ceremony
legalizing work on Sundays
making seminarians subject to conscription
secularising schools and hospitals
abolishing the law ordaining public prayers at the beginning of each Parliamentary Session and of the assizes
ordering soldiers not to frequent Catholic clubs
removing the religious character from the judicial oath and religious symbols from courtrooms
forbidding the participation of the armed forces in religious processions
The 1901 Law of Associations, which guaranteed freedom of association, also enabled the control of religious communities and, notably, limited their influence on education. In 1903, while former Catholic seminarian Emile Combes was minister, a commission was selected to draft a bill that would establish a comprehensive separation between the state and the churches.