A natural pert of the Greek culture was their religion. The Persians ruled over a large variety of peoples with different religious culture, and it would have been stupid to try to impose one religion on them. The Persians concentrated on security and prosperity, leaving the different people to follow their own beliefs.
In the Persian Empire, which was multi-ethnic and multi-religious, a policy of religious tolerance was necessary to maintain unity among diverse subjects. In contrast, Greek civilization was more culturally homogenous, with a shared religion and language, making religious tolerance less of a pressing issue for stability.
Saint Augustine founded the religious order known as the Augustinians. Their official name is the Order of Saint Augustine.
The Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555 to resolve religious conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire. It allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion of their territories, leading to a temporary period of religious toleration and ending the civil war between the Catholic and Protestant states.
In "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, DHC stands for Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning. He is a high-ranking official responsible for overseeing the birthing and conditioning processes in the World State. The DHC embodies the idea of social control and the prioritization of stability over individual freedom in the dystopian society depicted in the novel.
The official name of the Philippines is the Republic of the Philippines.
The Peace of Augsburg, signed in 1555, established the principle of "cuius regio, eius religio" (whose realm, his religion) in the Holy Roman Empire. This allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion of their territory. The peace treaty aimed to end the religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in the Empire.
The Persian Empire was a massive empire where peoples under Persian governance had numerous different major religions, such as Zoroastrianism, Judaism, the Hellenic Pantheon, the Levantine Pantheon, the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon, and the Mesopotamian Pantheon. By contrast, all of the Greek city states believed in the same Hellenic Pantheon and so no tolerance of other religions was necessary for societal stability.
The Greek world had a fairly uniform religion and set of gods. The Persian Empire, stretching from Egypt to central Asia, covered a wide variety of peoples and religions, and it was not the Persian policy to incite religious revolts when they were trying to establish a peaceful and prosperous empire.
Elizabeth I, she made Great Britians official religion Catholic, but she let anybody practice any religion.
Most of the early European settlers were various denominations of Christianity. The state has no official religion like all states of the USA.
Yes, Colonial New York had religious tolerance compared to other colonies of the time. It was a diverse society where different religious groups were allowed to practice their beliefs openly. The Dutch Reformed Church was the dominant religion, but other Christian denominations, as well as Jewish and Quaker communities, were also present.
The separation of Church and State is clearly delineated in the US Constitution. The government is expressly barred from state sponsored religions requirements or creating an "official" religion of the nation. This safeguard has served to preserve religious expression and tolerance in the nation.
Not by modern standards but for the time they were extrordinary.
The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Religious Society of Friends
To promulgate empire.
It is called nihilism, or the belief that life itself is without meaning or purpose. edit: It is atheist that opposes official religious views, nihilism is to be without a belief.
Theocracy.