In 1568, King John Sigismund of Transylvania -
now Romania - allowed people to choose
their own religion for the very first time.
Prior to that, everyone had to follow a religion that the
state chose. The world's first Unitarian church was formed in that country by Francis David.
The above graphic was adapted from the work of Dennis Murphy who illustrated the pamphlet, "Faith Without a Creed"
Copyright 1996 by the Unitarian Universalist Association.