FREEDOM OF WORSHIP 1793. "Décret de la Convention Nationale, - Lot 298

FREEDOM OF WORSHIP 1793. "Décret de la Convention Nationale, du 18 Frimaire An 2 (8 déc. 1793), relatif à la Liberté des Cultes.". "Art. 1) All violence and measures contrary to the freedom of worship are forbidden." ... "3°) the National Convention, by the preceding provisions, does not intend to derogate in any way, from the laws nor from the precautions of public salvation against Refractory or turbulent Priests, or against those who would attempt to abuse the pretext of religion to compromise the cause of Liberty... The Convention invites all good citizens, in the name of the Fatherland, to abstain from all theological disputes or disputes foreign to the great interest of the French people, to contribute with all their means to the triumph of the Republic and the ruin of all its enemies. ". Vignette "LA LOI". Printed in DOUAI (Nord), by MARLIER. Cupboard (44 x 35) Condition A.