A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity

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A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity is an early 17th-century religious treatise that is often regarded as one of the first English-language defenses of religious liberty for all people, including those of differing faiths.

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instanceOf Christian theological work ⓘ
defense of religious liberty ⓘ
religious treatise ⓘ
advocatesRightsFor all people ⓘ
advocatesRightsFor people of differing faiths ⓘ
religious dissenters ⓘ
approximatePublicationDate 1612 ⓘ
associatedWith early English Baptists ⓘ
history of religious freedom in England ⓘ
author Thomas Helwys ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
genre polemical theology ⓘ
religious polemic ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational work in Baptist history ⓘ
important text in the history of religious toleration ⓘ
one of the earliest English-language defenses of universal religious liberty ⓘ
influenced later arguments for religious toleration in the English-speaking world ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme freedom of conscience ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
opposes coercion in matters of conscience ⓘ
state persecution for religious belief ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
religiousTradition Baptist ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ
subject critique of religious establishment ⓘ
limits of civil authority in religion ⓘ
supports liberty of conscience for all ⓘ
toleration of diverse religious beliefs ⓘ
theologicalOrientation General Baptist ⓘ
timePeriod early Stuart England ⓘ

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Thomas Helwys → notableWork → A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity ⓘ