pages from the imperial dogma; published in 1806 under the reign of empreror Napoleon 1st after the restoration of the catholic cult in France by Bonaparte when he was 1st Consul; after the Concordate was signed with pope Pius VII on july 15; 1801; during his Consulate. The government adopted it on april 8; 1802 thus putting an end to religious wars and conflicts which divided the French all along the-Revolution