In Grotius’s Annales, religion appears almost exclusively as a social and political problem. References (implied or explicit) to religion as a good thing or its positive effects are lacking. This aspect of Grotius’s text arises from its equation of ‘religion’ with ‘combative orthodox religion in the post-reformation era’. However, it is not credible that this view represents Hugo Grotius’s actual opinion of the Christian faith as such. The solution seems rather that the above equation must be a conscious rhetorical strategy designed to strengthen the argument of the Annales. Continuing from that conclusion, however, the texts allow us to deduce some views on reason of state and religious policy, which do seem to have been actually held by Grotius in this period, or at least to have enjoyed his active interest.

在格劳秀斯的《年鉴》中，宗教几乎完全是一个社会和政治问题。缺乏（暗示或明确）将宗教视为一件好事或其积极影响的参考。格劳秀斯文本的这一方面源于其将“宗教”与“后改革时代好斗的正统宗教”相提并论。然而，这种观点代表了雨果格劳秀斯对基督教信仰本身的实际看法是不可信的。解决方案似乎是上述等式必须是一种有意识的修辞策略，旨在加强《年鉴》的论点. 然而，从这个结论继续下去，文本允许我们推断出一些关于国家和宗教政策的理由的观点，这些观点似乎确实由格劳秀斯在这一时期持有，或者至少享受了他的积极兴趣。