Lamartine wrote of that time:
"These five years are five centuries for France."--_"History of
the Girondists," book 61, sec. 16 (Vol. III), p. 544._
And the events of these times proclaimed the prophetic period of papal
supremacy ended at last.
Thus, in A.D. 533 came the notable decree of the Papacy's
powerful supporter, recognizing its supremacy; and then the decisive
stroke by the sword at Rome in A.D. 538, cleaving the way for
the new order of popes--the rulers of state.
Exactly 1260 years later, in 1793, came the notable decree of the
Papacy's once powerful supporter, France,--"the eldest son of the
church,"--aiming to abolish church and religion, followed by a decisive
stroke with the sword at Rome against the Papacy, in 1798.
Significant Events of the French Revolution
Of the decree of 1793, W.H. Hutton says:--
"On Nov. 26, 1793, the Convention, of which seventeen bishops
and some clergy were members, decreed the abolition of all
religion."--_"Age of Revolution," p. 156._
The frenzy of the days of the Terror presented the spectacle of outraged
humanity, goaded to desperation by centuries of oppression in the name
of religion and divine right, rising up and madly breaking every
restraint.
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