Blanchardism

Blanchardism

English

Etymology

From Blanchard +‎ -ism, after Pierre-Louis Blanchard (1758–1826), a French priest and polemicist, one of the leaders of the movement.[1]

Noun

Blanchardism (uncountable)

1. (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, page 229:

     In these he concurs with the Irish Bishops in their condemnation of Blanchardism, […]

   • 1867, "'He Went About Doing Good'", The Catholic World, May 1867, page 265:

     The schism of the Petite Eglise, or Blanchardism as it was called in England, was a terrible blow to him.

   • 1980, Dominic Bellenger, "The English Catholics And The Exiled French Clergy", British Catholic History, Volume 15, Issue 3, May 1980, 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.

Related terms

• Blanchardist

References

1. Dominic Aidan Bellenger, "The Last Ditch: The French Émigré Clergy in Britain and the Concordat of 1801", in French Emigrants in Revolutionised Europe: Connected Histories and Memories (eds. Juliette Reboul & Laure Philip), page 263