korrents

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Force cannot compel belief, so the care of souls does not belong to the ruler

Drawn from what John Locke said

religion
What this subject means

religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What John Locke actually said

  1. John Locke English philosopher (1632 to 1704)
    In the second place, the care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate, because his power consists only in outward force; but true and saving religion consists in the inward persuasion of the mind, without which nothing can be acceptable to God. And such is the nature of the understanding, that it cannot be compelled to the belief of anything by outward force.

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