Napoleon and transcendence
“Napoleon and Jesus: the advent of a Messiah” by Marie-Paule Raffaelli-Pasquini and “Napoleon and God” by Philippe Bornet.
© Éditions du Cerf / Via Romana
By: Geneviève Delrue
1 min
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World Religions - Sunday 23 May 2021 - 11.10 a.m.-12 p.m. Paris time (Summer grid)
Was Napoleon a believer?
What was the impact of his Catholic education?
Why was the figure of Jesus counted among the models of his action?
In a France that had barely emerged from the Revolution of 1789, why would he make Catholicism a state religion?
In this year of the bicentenary of Napoleon's death, two essays reveal a little explored facet of the Emperor, relying in particular on the Memorial of Saint Helena, the island of his exile and his Golgotha.
- Marie-Paule Raffaelli-Pasquini: “
Napoleon and Jesus: the advent of a Messiah
” (Cerf)
- Philippe Bornet: “
Napoleon and God
” (Via Romana).
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