The Roman Catholic and Apostolic Religion is the religion of the state; and the public worship of no other shall be allowed in France. This was the universal demand of the clergy, and in it the other orders usually acquiesced. As for the granting of civil rights to those who are not Catholic, the clergy is of opinion that quite enough, perhaps too much, has already been done in that direction. Such rights as have already been granted must be limited and defined, and a stop put to the encroachments of heresy. Sometimes the lay orders would go farther in toleration. One cahier of the nobility proposes a military cross for distinguished Protestant officers, another that non-Catholics may be electors, but not elected, to the Estates General. The inhabitants of some of the central provinces would restore the property of exiles for religion's sake to their families. The people of one quarter of Paris would allow the free worship of all religions. Expressions of approval of the recent concession of a civil status to Protestants are not unusual in the cahiers. But the country and all the orders are undoubtedly and overwhelmingly Catholic.[Footnote: For toleration, Bellocq, _A. P._, ii. 276, Section 59. N., Agen, _A. P._, i. 684, Section 14. _T._, Perigord, _A. P._, v. 343, Section 45. _T._, Poitou, _A. P._, v. 414. Vouvant, _A. P._, v. 427, Section 18. T. Paris-Theatins, _A. P._, v. 316, Section 29. _T._, Montargis, _A. P._, iv. 23, Section 10.] The clergy asks that the observance of Sundays and holidays be enforced. The Third Estate, in some places, thinks that there are too many holidays already. It would abolish many of them, transferring their religious observances to the Sunday to which they fall nearest. [Footnote: _T._, St. Pierre-le-Moutier, _A. P._, v. 640, Section 63. _T._, Paris-hors-les-murs, _A. P._, 241, Section 2.] In regard to the liberty of the press the clergy is at variance with the other orders. It would maintain a stricter censorship than heretofore, and is inclined to attribute all the immorality of the age to the unbridled license of authors. The nobility and the Third Estate, on the other hand, would generally allow the press to be free, but would exact responsibility on the part of authors and printers, one or both of whom should always be required to sign their publications. Thus anonymous libels should no longer be suffered to appear, and bad books generally should bring down punishment on their authors. The cahiers of the clergy, more, perhaps, than any others, insist on the importance of education; and the ecclesiastics generally wish to control it themselves. Here the commons sometimes go farther than they; asking that all monks and nuns be obliged to give free instruction.[Footnote: _C._, Aix, _A. P._, i. 692, Section 6. _C._, Labourt, iii. _A. P._, 424, Section 27. Ornans, _A. P._, iii. 172, Section 4. _T._, Douai, _A. P._, iii. 181, Sections 28, 29.]