The Progress of Religious Freedom as Shown in the History of Toleration Acts

by Philip Schaff

Publisher:

Charles Scribner’s Sons

, 1889

Overview

Renowned church historian Philip Schaff, “traces the progress of Christianity in its relation to the state from persecution to toleration, and from toleration to freedom.” Schaff covers ancient Rome and Constantine’s Edict of Milan, France and the Edict of Nantes, the Edict of Potsdam and the Reformation in Germany, the English Toleration Acts and John Locke’s philosophy of toleration, and the new culture of religious freedom protected in America’s constitution. Schaff also includes the complete historical text of several toleration acts.

Key Features

• Analyzes the progress of religious freedom in the Western world
• Covers Constantine’s Edict of Milan, the Edict of Nantes, and the Edict of Potsdam
• Provides insight into church-state relationships in the late nineteenth century

Product Details

• Title: The Progress of Religious Freedom as Shown in the History of Toleration Acts
• Author: Philip Schaff
• Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
• Print Publication Date: 1889
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 154
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Freedom of religion; Religious tolerance
• Resource ID: LLS:PRGRSSRLGSTLCTS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:12:18Z

About Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was one of the most distinguished church historians who ever lived. He was educated at Tübingen, Halle, and Berlin, and was professor of church history and biblical literature at German Reformed Theological Seminary. When the Civil War forced the seminary to close, Schaff moved to Union Theological Seminary. Schaff had an enormous influence on German Reformed churches in America, and he wrote History of the Christian Church, Creeds of Christendom, and The Principle of Protestantism.