It was the first law to officially sanction the existence of a radical Christian community in a European state .
Nevertheless , the Edict of Torda was an extraordinary achievement of religious tolerance by the standards of 16th - century Europe .
It was the first law to officially sanction the existence of a radical Christian community in a Europe state .
Nevertheless , the Edict of Torda was an extraordinary achievement of religious tolerance by the standards of 16th - century Europe .