The emperor Constantine first legalized Christianity in 313 in the edict of Milan; this decree by Constantine allowed liberty to worship no matter gods they wished. There isn’t any law whatsoever however may be allotted with by the Supreme Law-giver; because the laws of God may be disbursed with by God himself; because it appears by God’s command to Abraham, to offer up his son Isaac: so likewise the law of man may be distributed with by the legislator, for a law may either be too vast or too slender, and there could also be many instances which can be out of the conveniences which did induce the law to be made; for it is impossible for the wisest lawmaker to foresee all the instances which may be, or are to be remedied, and due to this fact there have to be a power somewhere, capable of dispense with these laws.
It seems to me that this is theoretically proper, for whatever the question under dialogue — whether religious, philosophical, political, or financial; whether it concerns prosperity, morality, equality, proper, justice, progress, responsibility, cooperation, property, labor, commerce, capital, wages, taxes, population, finance, or government — at no matter level on …