In an attempt to appease the devout rural populace, how did the Committee of Public Safety institute an alternative to its campaign of de-Christianization?
A) It replaced the secular Cult of Reason with the deistic Cult of the Supreme Being.
B) It arrested the campaign's most radical leaders as a show of solidarity with devout Catholics.
C) It reinstated many of the clerics who had refused to take the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, declaring "silent acquiescence" an acceptable alternative.
D) It issued ordinances returning a good deal of church property to local parishes.
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