See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH GOBEL (1727-1794)

GOBEL (1727-1794)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ecclesiastic and politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• THANN

Thann, in See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1727 . He studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and then became successively a member of the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of Porrentruy, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in partibus of Lydda, and finally See also:

• SUFFRAGAN (Med. Lat. suffraganeus suffragator, one who assists, from suffragari, to vote in favour of, to support)

suffragan of See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel for that See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese situated in French territory . His See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life began when he was elected See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to the states-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of 1789 by the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy of the bailliage of Huningue . The turning-point of his life was his See also:

• ACTION

action in taking the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil constitution of the clergy (See also:

• JAN

Jan . 3rd, 1791); in favour of which he had declared himself since the 5th of May 1790 . The civil constitution of the clergy gave the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of priests to the electoral assemblies, and since taking the oath See also:

• GOBEL, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1727-1794)

Gobel had become so popular that he was elected bishop in several dioceses . He See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and in spite of the difficulties which he had to encounter before he could enter into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, was consecrated on the 27th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1791 by eight bishops, including Talleyrand . On the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1792, Gobel was appointed See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of Paris . He was careful to flatter the politicians by professing See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-clerical opinions, declaring himself, among other things, opposed to the See also:

• CELIBACY (Lat. caelibatus, from caelebs, unmarried)

celibacy of the clergy; and on the 17th See also:

• BRUMAIRE

Brumaire in the See also:

• YEAR

year II . (7th November 1793), he came before the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention, and, in a famous See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, resigned his episcopal functions, proclaiming that he did so for love of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and through respect for their wishes . The followers of See also:

• HEBERT, EDMOND (s812-189o)
• HEBERT, JACQUES RENE (1757-1794)

Hebert, who were then pursuing their anti-See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian policy, claimed Gobel as one of themselves; while, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre looked upon him as an atheist, though See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

apostasy cannot strictly speaking be laid to the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the ex-bishop, nor did he ever make any actual profession of See also:

• ATHEISM (from Gr. as, privative, and Oebs, God)

atheism . Robespierre, however, found him an obstacle to his religious schemes, and involved him in the See also:

• FATE

fate of the Hebertists .

Gobel was condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death; with See also:

• CHAUMETTE, PIERRE GASPARD (1763-1794)

Chaumette, Hebert and See also:

• ANACHARSIS

Anacharsis See also:

• CLOOTS, JEAN BAPTISTE DU VAL DE GRACE, BARON VON (1755–1794)

Cloots, and was guillotined on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1794 . See E . Charavay, Assemblee eleciorale de Paris (Paris, 189o) ; H, Monin, La Chanson et l'Eglise sous la Revolution (Paris, 1892) ; A . See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard, " La Culte de la raison " in the See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review, La Revolution Francaise (1891) . For a bibliography of documents See also:

• RELATING

relating to his episcopate see " Episcopat de Gobel " in vol. iii . (1900) of M . See also:

• TOURNEUX, JEAN MAURICE (1849— )

Tourneux's Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant la Rev . Fr .