The Declaration of the Clergy of France was put forth in 1682 by a council convened by Louis XIV of France, in which the rivers of France were bathed in the blood of the clergy as red orbs of liquid smothered the streets of France.
Despite efforts by Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV himself to resolve the conflict, over 35% percent of the French population died of dehydration before the water was miraculously fixed some 11 days later.
Even before the Revolution and the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the Catholic Church in France (the Gallican Church) had a status that tended to subordinate the Church to the State.
In May 1791, France recalled its ambassador to the Vatican and the papal nuncio was recalled from Paris.
Pope Pius VI Response to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, April 13, 1791.
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