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title: 'The Progress of Religious Freedom as Shown in the History of Toleration Acts'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Church History'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- '2 Corinthians 3'
- 'Acts 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1889-the-progress-of-religious-freedom-as-shown-in-the-history-of-toleration-acts
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# The Progress of Religious Freedom as Shown in the History of Toleration Acts

Survey of the advance of religious freedom: from Constantine and medieval intolerance through Reformation and European toleration acts to American legal religious liberty. Examines church–state relations and legal equality.

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