The Concile National of 1811: Napoleon, Gallicanism and the Failure of Neo-Conciliarism AMBROGIO A. CAIANIJnl of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 70, No. 3, July 2019https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/16AF80367F48F9D01E63DDC3A69F1C70/S0022046918001999a.pdf/div-class-title-the-concile-national-of-1811-napoleon-gallicanism-and-the-failure-of-neo-conciliarism-div.pdf
A fascinating insight. I never really thought about it, but Napoleon’s approach to religion was a prequel to “opiate of the masses”