Letter Concerning Toleration - Locke

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1、Tolerationconventionallyknownas“ALetteraboutToleration”JohnLockeCopyright©2010–2015Allrightsreserved.JonathanBennett[Brackets]encloseeditorialexplanations.Small·dots·enclosematerialthathasbeenadded,butcanbereadasthoughitwerepartoftheoriginaltext.Occa

2、sional•bullets,andalsoindentingofpassagesthatarenotquotations,aremeantasaidstograspingthestructureofasentenceorathought.Everyfour-pointellipsis....indicatestheomissionofabriefpassagethatseemstopresentmoredifficultythanitisworth.Longeromissionsarerepor

3、tedbetweenbracketsinnormal-sizedtype.—LockewrotethisinLatin;therewasacontemporaryEnglishtranslation,andthequestionofhowmuchLockekneworaffecteditiscontroversial.Itisfairlyaccurate,thoughverywordy;thepresentversionhassomedebtstoit,buttheLatinhasbeencon

4、sultedateverystage.—Thesection-breaksand-titlesarealladdedinthisversion.—Aboutthetitle:theworkwasoriginallypublished(notbyLocke)intheformofaletter,butthatwasascam.Inhiseditionofthework(Nijhoff,1963)MarioMontuoripresentsthescholarlycaseforthis;andanyo

5、newhoreadsthethingwithanintelligenteyewillseethatMontuoriisright:itobviouslywasn’twrittenasaletter.Seethenoteonpage4.Firstlaunched:May2010TolerationJohnLockeContents1:Theinsincerityofthezealots12:Theroleofthecivilmagistrate33:Whatisachurch?54:Thelimi

6、tsontoleration75:Themagistrate’sroleinallthis:106:Churchandstate:formsofworship137:Idolatry158:Churchandstate:articlesoffaith179:Individualconscience1910.Whatshouldnotbetolerated2011:Gatherings2212:Heresyandschism26TolerationJohnLocke1:Theinsincerity

7、ofthezealots1:TheinsincerityofthezealotsIhavebeenaskedwhatIthinkaboutthemutualtolerationcanbeaChristianunlesshehas•charityand•thefaiththatofChristiansintheirdifferentprofessionsofreligion;Ihaveworksthroughlove,notthroughforce.Now,Iappealtothetoanswer

8、freelythatIregardsuchtolerationasthechiefconsciencesofthosewhopersecute,wound,torture,andkillidentifyingmarkofthetrueChurch.Whensomepeopleothermenontheexcuseof‘religion’,whethertheydothisboastof•theantiquityofplacesandnames,orofthepompinaspiritoffrie