Which country introduced the 'Cult of the Supreme Being' in 1794, intended to become the state religion?
Cult of the Supreme Being Cult of the Supreme Being The Cult of the Supreme Being () was a form of deism established in France by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution. It was intended to become the state religion of the new French Republic and a replacement for Roman Catholicism and its rival, the Cult of Reason. Its main force was expended in the first stages of the revolution, was unsupported after the Reign of Terror claimed leading proponents and was officially proscribed when Napoleon restored Catholicism in France. The French Revolution had occasioned many radical changes in France, but one of the most
Cult of the Supreme Being a commemorative event, but the event in Paris was designed on a massive scale. The festival was organized by the artist Jacques-Louis David and took place around a man-made mountain on the Champ de Mars. Robespierre assumed full leadership of the event, forcefully—and, to many, ostentatiously—declaring the truth and "social utility" of his new religion. The Cult of the Supreme Being and its festival may have contributed to the Thermidorian Reaction and the downfall of Robespierre. With his death at the guillotine on 28 July 1794, the cult lost all official sanction and disappeared from public view. It was officially