Paper's abstract

Jean Foyer, The genesis of the law separating State and Churches in France
The project to separate State and Churches was part of the Republican party program in 1869 at Belleville. It was abandoned when the Republicans came in power in 1877, because they were anxious to retain the prerogatives granted to the State by the Concordat.
This position was sustained until 1904. Relinquished due to the reopening of the diplomatic relationships between France and Rom, the separation was unilaterally decided by a law of 9 December 1905 drawn up by Aristide Briand who tried to make the text palatable to the Catholics but was finally not able to.


Key Words : concordat
t.48, 2004 : p.75-83

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