Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
Date | 1899 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
Title | Page 83 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_001_092.jpg |
Transcript | Nuremberg and the Reformation protested against any interference, on the part of the I ;c, in religious matters. But in 1929 the Emperor had settled his quarrel with the Pope and returned to his loyalty to Rome. Taking advantage of this, the Papal party succeeded in ) decree in the Reichstag confirming • of Worm. The Lutheran princes protested ins! the decree, and so earned the name of'* Pro- its." The Protestant communities assembled in Nuremberg, and sent a rep: to the Emperor, who was in Italy, to complain. The Emperor, however, took a firm tone with t:. declared the dispensation of Spires at an end. Philip von Hessen and other zealous leade ow very eager torn a firm stand and to form a Protestant union against this fresh attempt to suppress the new teaching. But the Lutherans could not bring th to work with the Zwinglians. The influence of Luther and Osiander was sufficient to deter Nun >m joining in such me. Wtselj or not, she refused to belong to any union which might bring her into conflict with the head of the I But, though she said she would not take up arms, aha knew her own mind in religious matters. At a Reichstag held at Augsburg (1530) the Emperor was to be present. Owing to the ex tions ot the Nuremberg Council, the Evangelical party united to send the celebrated " Confession," or statement of Lutheran doctrines, which was drawn up by Luther and Melanchthon, signed by Nuremberg and Reutlingen, and read to Charlo. The repress of Nuremberg also took with them a confession of faith, drawn up under the direction of the Council by Nuremberg ti .A peaceful solution of the question was what thev aimed at: a recognition of religious freedom brought about by argument, no: arma* For this n d because she had a great 83 |