Johann Crell on Religious Tolerance and Salvation

Marcin Iwanicki

doi:10.18290/rf2204.5

Marcin Iwanicki John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3904-0291

Keywords: Johann Crell, Socinianism, religious tolerance, practicalism, doctrinal minimalism, religious rationalism

Abstract

The essay discusses the defense of religious tolerance presented in Johann Crell’s treatise On Freedom of Conscience, pointing to the tension between Christian exclusivism on the one hand and religious practicalism and rationalism on the other inherent in Crell’s views. This tension can be resolved by adopting theistic minimalism or extreme practicalism.

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