>France used to be the oldest daughter of the Church >Now

>>1572045
>France used to be the oldest daughter of the Church
>Not Rome
>Or Italy.
The French nationalism in this board is fucking pathetic.

>>1572053
Francia ring a bell to you, or is this bait?

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>>1572053
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_France
>The Catholic Church of France, sometimes called the "eldest daughter of the Church" owing to its early and unbroken communion (2nd century) with the bishop of Rome, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church.

if only the Huguenots won

>>1572053
But thats how france was always called. Its not a recent invention. Read a book

>>1572045
Because they finally had enough of the corrupted church eating on the back of the poors. They saw it for what it is, a device in the service of the oppressive state to ease the masses into submission

>>1572053
>talking about """italy""" before the 19th century
Yes, as anon said, read a book.

>>1572045
Because of good ol' descartes, voltaire etc?

>>1572127
And Protestantism is only a way to make the masses okay with mass subjugation to economic barons, with the "muh faith and not works" autism.

See, I can meme too.

>>1572045

Cause you needed a reason to make this thread, thats why.

>>1572166

France didn't become Protestant tho, it became ultra secularist. All priests are frauds, all churches are scams.

>>1572213
*tips*

>>1572252
but it's true

Increased literacy and improved education has weakened the influence of Catholicism in France

>inb4 le Heisenberg quote

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>>1572387
>If he was alive today, he'd be called a Nazi by his own countrymen

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>>1572395
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

- John 15:18

>>1572437
"The Iron throne is mine, by right! All those who deny that are my foes."

-Thomas Jefferson

Education tends to banish fairy tales.

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>>1572482

It was the next step after hating the vatican for centuries

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>>1572497
Then why is everyone so secular these days?

A succesful secular revolution that altered the culture. The masses will follow whatever ideology the ones in power enforce and teach in schools, and worse yet they will think it's their own opinion.

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>>1572268
And people actually believe this.

Every priest I have ever know has been a cool guy who is just trying to help others. I was even a altar boy.
>tfw I was never diddled

>>1572437
That's for Christians not Catholics

>>1572515
Because of the rise of lawlessness, the love of many has grown cold.

>>1573005
Catho clergy was anti-republican
Catho clergy was ultra political at the moment of the revolution
Here 2 good reason to fight the catholic church in france for the republican.

>>1573158
That was 1789, which doesn't explain the 1905 law in effect to this very day.

>>1573158
There's literally nothing wrong with being anti-republican
Republics are shit

>>1573197
The 1905 law is an excellent legal protection against Islam.
Things would be way worse without it.