Handout A: Defining Toleration and Liberty

Defining Toleration and Liberty

Directions: Read each of the following quotations on toleration and liberty and discuss them with a partner. Then write a complete definition of each term using ideas from the Essay, the focus quotes below, and your own ideas. Be prepared to share your definitions with the class.

Quotation A: Toleration

“All men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.”

Our definition of toleration:

 

Quotation B: Liberty

“All men are equally entitled to the full and free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience.”

Our definition of liberty: