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The Bishops of the Church of England attempted to preserve this latitudinarianism and at the same time to create some authority for parochial idiosyncracies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even some cultured theologians, the historical representatives of latitudinarianism, seem to accept the great body of what was contended for by the deists.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Little by little a latitudinarianism crept in, which found its culmination in that remarkable man, Akbar the Great, who entertained the teachers of all faiths and encouraged a fearless discussion of their respective merits.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

Different also their spirit; the one being confined and sectarian, alike in politics, in literature, and in religion; the other, in some of their number, being liberal to latitudinarianism, and genial to a vice.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

In the chapters of her book on Germany which treat of "the religion of enthusiasm," her devout latitudinarianism finds expression.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund