John locke an essay concerning toleration
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John Locke – A Letter Concerning Toleration
John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration
Honoured Sir,
Since you are pleased to inquire what are my Thoughts about the mutual Toleration of Christians in their different Professions of Religion, I must needs answer you freely, That I esteem that Toleration to be the chief Characteristical Mark of the True Church. For whatsoever some People boast of the Antiquity of Places and Names, or of the Pomp of their Outward Worship; Others, of the Reformation of their Discipline; All, of the Orthodoxy of their Faith; (for every one is Orthodox to himself): these things, and all others of this nature, are much rather Marks of Men striving for Power and Empire over one another, than of the Church of Christ. Let any one have never so true a Claim to all these things, yet if he be destitute of Charity, Meekness, and Good-will in general towards all Mankind; even to those that are not Christians, he is certainly yet short of being a true Chr
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A Letter Concerning Toleration
Book bygd John Locke
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| Author | John Locke |
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| Original title | Epistola dem tolerantia |
| Subject | Liberalism, Religion |
| Published | 1689 |
A Letter Concerning Toleration (Epistola de tolerantia) by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its första publication was in Latin, and it was immediately translated into other languages. Locke's work appeared amidst a fear that Catholicism might be taking over England and responds to the bekymmer of tro and government by proposing religious toleration as the answer. This "letter" fryst vatten addressed to an anonymous "Honored Sir": this was Locke's close friend Philipp van Limborch, who published it without Locke's knowledge.[1]
Background
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A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689) and Two Treatises on Government (1690)
A Letter concerning Toleration
Since you are pleased to inquire what are my thoughts about the mutual toleration of christians in their different professions of religion, I must needs answer you freely, that I esteem that toleration to be the chief characteristical mark of the true church. For whatsoever some people boast of the antiquity of places and names, or of the pomp of their outward worship; others, of the reformation of their discipline; all, of the orthodoxy of their faith, for everyone is orthodox to himself: these things, and all others of this nature, are much rather marks of men’s striving for power and empire over one another, than of the church of Christ. . . .
Why then does this burning zeal for God, for the church, and for the salvation of souls; burning, I say, literally, with fire and faggot; pass by those moral vices and wickednesses, without any chastisement, wh