A Letter Concerning Toleration

A Letter Concerning Toleration
Title page of the first edition.
AuthorJohn Locke
Original titleEpistola de tolerantia
SubjectLiberalism, Religion
Published1689

A Letter Concerning Toleration (Epistola de tolerantia) by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, and it was immediately translated into other languages. Locke's work appeared amidst a fear that Catholicism might be taking over England and responds to the problem of religion and government by proposing religious toleration as the answer. This "letter" is addressed to an anonymous "Honored Sir": this was Locke's close friend Philipp van Limborch, who published it without Locke's knowledge.[1]

  1. ^ A Letter Concerning Toleration by Locke, John; Tully, James H.