Thursday, January 24, 2013

"I am not the king of your concious"

Sigismund II Augustus was very tolerant concerning the religion. He is famous for his phrase "I am not the king of your conscious" (Pol. "Nie jestem królem waszych sumień") meaning he would not enforce any religion as a ruler. This was his response to the cuius regio eius religio policy in the Holy Roman Empire. At that time we had many Protestants and many Orthodox people, apart from the Catholics. Also quite many Jews and Polish Tatars (Muslim).

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