 Price’s reasons for advocating complete freedom of religion are numerous, but familiar. All religious tests for public office encourage persecution of the nonconformists as well as hypocrisy, by giving incentives for outward subscription to something not believed. They interfere with conscience, which is a private matter between an individual and his deity. Above all, they hinder the great Enlightenment project of the onward march of reason and the destruction of all forms of superstition. Toleration is insufficient, for that implies that society recognizes one creed but tolerates others. Full freedom should be extended to all religions, not just different Christian denominations.