Abstract
Robert Favre : The Nouvelles ecclesiastiques at the beginning of the revolution (1788-1790). In 1788-9, the Jansenist paper the Nouvelles ecclésiastiques seemed uninterested in events, being only concerned with their opposition to Molinist thought. The only indication of their favourable attitude towards the new ideas is their denunciation of the «despotism » of the bishops and the Pope (called an «abso lute monarch »). After Christmas 1789, they began to mention the Revolution, but mainly in order to express their approval of the National Assembly's religious policy, which they saw as a way to force churchmen to return to evangelical poverty. However, they kept to traditional positions, condemning usury, the marriage of priests or the Deputies' toleration of actors, Jews and Protestants. Thus the N.E. only showed partial and selective support for the Revolution.
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