John Locke supported the separation of church and state and promoted

a. divine rights.

b. tyrannical rule.

c. absolute authority.

d. religious tolerance.

The best answer is D. Religious Tolerance. John Locke has been influenced by Baptist theologians who had produced tracts that demands freedom of conscience during the early 17th century. One of his tracts shown passionate plea for supreme religious freedom and absolute separation of the state from the church.