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Quotation from A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
“A Church then I take to be a voluntary Society of Men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the publick worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the Salvation of their Souls.”
A Letter Concerning Toleration, Letter, definition of a church, trans. William Popple
Locke's definition of the church, set against his definition of the commonwealth.
Citation: "A Church then I take to be a voluntary Society of Men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the publick worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the Salvation of their Souls." — John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration, Letter, definition of a church, trans. William Popple. (id a-letter-concerning-toleration-q5)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
