Blanchardism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Blanchard + -ism, after Pierre-Louis Blanchard (1758–1826), a French priest and polemicist, one of the leaders of the movement.[1]
Noun[edit]
Blanchardism (uncountable)
- (Christianity, historical) A Catholic schism that emerged in the early 19th century among exiled French clergy who, having fled to England after the French Revolution, opposed the Concordat of 1801, an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that sought national reconciliation between the revolutionaries and the Church.
- 1862, F. C. Husenbeth, The Life of the Right Rev. John Milner[1], page 229:
- In these he concurs with the Irish Bishops in their condemnation of Blanchardism, […]
- 1867 May, “'He Went About Doing Good'”, in The Catholic World, page 265:
- The schism of the Petite Eglise, or Blanchardism as it was called in England, was a terrible blow to him.
- 1980 May, Dominic Bellenger, “The English Catholics And The Exiled French Clergy”, in British Catholic History, volume 15, number 3, page 439:
- By the time of the Restoration most of the French had gone, and those who had not were often infirm or tainted with Blanchardism.