Section 13. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION[1].
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Section 13. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION[1].
When[2] certain persons attempted[3] to persuade Stephen[4], King of Poland, to constrain[5] some of his subjects, who[6] were of a different religion, to embrace[7] his, he said[8] to them: “I[9] am king of men, and not of[10] consciences[11]. The[12] dominion of conscience belongs exclusively to God.”—Rev. R. K. Arvine.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Religionsduldung, f.Note 2 · ‘When’, here?Note 3 · attempted to = would, impf. of wollen.Note 4 · Say ‘the king Stephen of Poland’. König Stephan von Bathori regierte von 1576-1586.Note 5 · zwingen. Place the verb after the relative clause, since the relative pronoun should follow its antecedent as closely as possible.Note 6 · ‘who — religion’, say ‘who belonged to another religion’.Note 7 · to embrace = to accept.Note 8 · ‘to say’, here ‘to reply’, entgegnen.Note 9 · I — men = I rule (herrschen) over men.Note 10 · of = over.Note 11 · This noun is not used in the plural in German. See S. 3, N. 2.Note 12 · ‘The — God’, say ‘God alone rules over consciences (sing.)’.