Religio Laici
| Author | John Dryden |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Religious poem |
| Publisher | Jacob Tonson |
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Publication date
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1682 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Religio Laici, Or A Layman's Faith (1682) is a poem by John Dryden, published as a premise to his subsequent The Hind and the Panther (1687), a final outcome of his conversion to Roman Catholicism.
The poet argues for the credibility of the Christian religion and against Deism, and for the Anglican Church against that of Rome.
These are the last couplets of the poem (vv. 451-455):
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