Galerius issued the Edict of Toleration, permitting freedom of religion throughout the Roman Empire. His co-emperors Constantine and Licinius jointly issued the Edict of Milan, which went a good deal further by granting positive advantages and privileges to the Christian community.
The Edict of Toleration is actually the Edict of Milan which was to declare toleration of Christians in Milan. Licinius and Constantine were the ones who agreed on it.
Constantine I and Licinius agreed to the Edict of Milan. Which was for the toleration of Christians.
1598
Which one are you talking about? The Edict of Toleration?
What Constantine reaffirmed the toleration of Christianity (in the Edict of Milan which he signed with his co-emperor Licinius) which had been decreed two earlier by the Edict of Toleration by (emperor Galerius) and completed the end of the great Persecution of Christians. The Edict of Milan also provided for the restitution of Christian property which had been confiscated during the persecution and compensation for those who returned it. Christians were free to worship their god.
Edict of Nantes, 1598; revoked 1685.
Christians to worship publicly
He rescinded the Edict of Nantes, which had provided for toleration of Hugenots, and supported their persecution.
1598 from the Edict of Nantes
313 is the date given for the signing of the Edict of Milan.
The edict of Milan was issued in the reign of Constantine the Great.
Galerius issued the Edict of Toleration in 311 CE, thus bringing to an end the Great Persecution that he himself had urged on his predecessor, Diocletian. This brought to an end a period of three centuries during which Christianity was theoretically illegal, although usually ignored, often tolerated and rarely persecuted. In practice, the Great Persecution, which began in 303 CE, had already come to an end in the west, following the abdication of Diocletian in 305, and the immediate effect of the Edict of Toleration was to end the persecution of Christians in the east. Theoretically, the Edict of Toleration ought to have provided permanent freedom of religion for the entire Roman Empire, and thus ensure that Christianity would never again be persecuted. In practice, a succession of Christian emperors meant that Christianity no longer needed this safeguard, but that the pagans began to suffer persecution, regardless of the Edict of Toleration. This analysis shows that the practical effect of the Edict of Toleration on the spread of Christianity was quite limited. On the one hand, the Christian emperors did not require a law in order for them to encourage the new religion. On the other hand, the Edict of Toleration did nothing to assist the pagan temples or to slow the advance of Christianity.