toleration
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In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2021
The 17th-century thinker John Locke argued this point in his book, "A Letter Concerning Toleration."
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2021
Toleration was a good and necessary thing; but what if it meant you had to tolerate people who themselves wouldn’t tolerate you?
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020
Duly Noted: On this date In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.
From US News • Apr. 21, 2015
Without martyrdom and also without miracles the conversion which took place between the Day of Pentecost and the Edict of Toleration in 313 was not even conceivable.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
Vocabulary lists containing toleration
European Colonization of North America, Lessons 3–5
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Chapters 7–9
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