The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Clergymen would now be paid a state salary instead of living off tithes. Regular priests would see their pay go up, while bishops would see it dramatically down. The only thing that was really controversial was that the clerics would now stand for election like any other public office. But though the priests and bishops wouldn't be subjected to thee same electoral bodies, they would both be subjected to electoral bodies that might include protestants, atheists and even jews.