On The French Religious Thought Of The Enlightenment Era

Renaissance and reformation movement make reason sleeping in medieval religious theology to awaken. If the Renaissance and reformation movement only make reason consciousness, the formation of reason authority is the scientific and philosophical revolution in 17 century .The scientific revolution provide a scientific weapon for opposition to religion and churches, the philosophical revolution provide ideological foundation against tyranny and aristocracy of feudal privileges ,which have occurred for the Enlightenment movement forward Avenue. In the 18th century France, In the face of French feudal dictatorship and religious dictatorship, Enlightenment thinkers use the reason weapons armed by natural society, travel in the natural territory, destruct violently religious theology, and launch a rational and religious decisive battle.The reason is the only criteria judging the existence of all things in the 18th century. Anything rational knowledge must be accepted the trial in court; French enlightenment thinkers criticized mercilessly churches, the Bible and all the revealed religions characterized by religious fanaticism and superstition in court. And emerge French-style Deism in the religious criticism. However, because of the existence of Deism own mistakes, French enlightenment thinkers have to find support forces, or reconcile with the Christian compromise, or dedicated pursuit of scientific theory, or to resort to the moral sentiments, and thereafter the reason and his assistants walk together a, thus create a multi-faith forms situation of the French.There are close relationships between the formation of the religious idea of the French Enlightenment era and the new natural concept of the 18th century. French enlightenment thinkers'different understanding of nature and God ultimately lead to the formation of the different religious ideas. However, the 18th century French religion concept is not a completely new belief completely replacing the old beliefs, not is a profile distinct religious idea, but is strength in all directions of impact. Correctly understanding of reason and faith, secular and religious, we can correctly understand the religious concept of the 18th century French and even the entire Enlightenment epoch.