This manuscript covers almost the entirety of Chapter 22 of Histoire de l’établissement du christianisme, as it appears in the print edition. It does not contain the last two paragraphs. The corrections made to the MS were carried over in the publication of the book and suggest that it is a definitive version of the text. The MS deals with issues such as the hypocrisy of monotheistic religions and their clergy, and the fanaticism they generate, promoting enlightened despotism. The word ‘dieu’ is systematically written without capital letters, a particularity that was not carried into the printed edition.