Council of Conscience

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The Council of Conscience was a high advisory body in early 18th-century France responsible for matters of religion, morality, and ecclesiastical policy within the royal government.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Council of Conscience canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
royal advisory council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction France ⓘ
composition high-ranking clergy ⓘ
royal ministers ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
concernedWith Gallicanism ⓘ
Jansenist controversy ⓘ
censorship of religious writings ⓘ
discipline of religious orders ⓘ
moral regulation of the kingdom ⓘ
relations with the papacy ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
dissolved 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork Catholic Church–state relations ⓘ
ecclesiastical affairs ⓘ
morality ⓘ
religious policy ⓘ
governmentBranch executive ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver French clergy (in temporal matters) ⓘ
implementation of royal religious policy ⓘ
hasRole advisory body to the king ⓘ
oversight of ecclesiastical appointments ⓘ
oversight of religious matters ⓘ
shaping royal policy on the Church ⓘ
supervision of moral discipline ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
inception early 18th century ⓘ
isPartOf Ancien Régime institutions ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
partOf French royal government ⓘ
administration of Louis XIV ⓘ
administration of Louis XV ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subordinateTo King of France ⓘ
royal council system of France ⓘ
temporalCoverage early 18th century ⓘ
usesLanguage French ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System of Polysynody → hasCouncil → Council of Conscience ⓘ
Council of Regency → hasPart → Council of Conscience ⓘ