Stock Photo - Illustration showing the Cult of the Supreme Being (Culte de l'Etre supreme), 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.

Stock Photo: Illustration showing the Cult of the Supreme Being (Culte de l'Etre supreme), a form of deism established in France by Maximilien Robespierre during the French.

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