Jul 28, 2020
4 min read
Of Protestants and Princes
As with many of the rights we consider human rights, the concept of religious freedom did not drop down from the sky as a revelation. These concepts were adopted as the result of hard experience. Take the example of Europe after the Protestant Reformation. For the first time, a schism within Christianity, initiated by Martin Luther and his Ninety-five theses in 1517, tore through the heart of Europe and lead to over one hundred years of nearly continuous religious warfare.
