Some Considerations on Religious Freedom in Relation with Article 9 of the ECHR and Roman Law Cover Image

Някои размисли относно религиозната свобода във връзка с член 9 от ЕКПЧ и римското право
Some Considerations on Religious Freedom in Relation with Article 9 of the ECHR and Roman Law

Author(s): Malina Novkirishka- Stoyanova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Theology and Religion, Roman law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Religion; Tolerance; Freedom of Religion; Ancient Rome; Polytheism
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses Article 9 of the ECHR in parallel with the Roman legal concepts of religious freedom and tolerance, placed mainly in the pagan period until the establishment of Christianity as the only and obligatory state religion at the end of the IV century. Conclusions have been drawn about the universalism adopted in the ius gentium with regard to the religions of the peoples in Romandominated Mediterranean, Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa.