Introduction -- Reform and revolution -- Voltaire's indictment of ecclesiasticism -- The system of oppression -- Attitude of the prelacy -- The ecclesiastical committee -- Seizure and sale of ecclesiastical estates -- Prelude to the civil constitution of the clergy -- The civil constitution of the clergy -- The climax of Jesuitry -- Worship old and new -- The carnival of irreligion -- A glimpse of religious liberty -- Ultramontane folly -- Design and form of the Concordat -- Enforcement of the Concordat.