 Assembly required the clergy to take an oath of fidelity to the nation, the law, and the King, and to maintain the Constitution.  Modern Europe - Page 369by Thomas Henry Dyer - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Flower - Church and state - 1792 - 476 pages
...confcience, he thinks moft worthy of his choice. The civic oath, by which every citizen fwears to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to maintain the conftitution to the utmoft of his power, is taken by the deputies, the electors and the aclive citizens*.... | |
 | 1792 - 574 pages
...confcience he thinks to be moft worthy. The civic oath, by which every citizen undertakes to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to maintain the conftitution to the utmoft of his power, is taken by the deputies, the electors, and the active citizens.... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - France - 1818 - 460 pages
...celebrated by M. de Talleyrand, then Bishop of Autun. M. de la Fayette approached this altar to take the oath of fidelity to the nation, the law, and the King; and the oath, and the man •who pronounced it, excited a strong feeling of confidence. The spectators... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...celebrated by M. de Talleyrand, then Bishop of Autun. M. de La Fayette approached this altar to take the oath of fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king, — and the oath and the man who pronounced it, excited a strong feeling of confidence." The same lady has... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1827 - 550 pages
...celebrated by M. de Talleyrand, lhen> Bishop of Autun. M. de La Fayette approached this altar to take the oath of fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king, — and the oath and the man who pronounced it, excited a strong feeling of confidence." The same lady has... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 646 pages
...most powerful ; tlie adoption of tlie new constitution by the king ; the civil oath, " to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to maintain the constitution ;** the nimantic celebration of the fite of tlie federation on die riininp-de-Mani (July 14, 171Ю),... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 696 pages
...elements of a religious war. But the assembly decreed that the priests should swear to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to maintain the civil constitution of the clergy. The rer fusal of this oath was to lead to the appointing new incumbents... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1841 - 690 pages
...elements of a religious war. But the assembly decreed that the priests should swear to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to maintain the civil constitution of the clergy. The refusal of this oath was to lead to the appointing new incumbents... | |
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