Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
11-1-1955
Document Type
Article
Keywords
peace of augsburg, peace, princes, emperor charles, germany, protestants, pope, reformation, diet of worms, lutheran
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Religious Peace of Augsburg, an event regarded so highly and of such importance in the history of the Lutheran Reformation that the 100th, 200th, and 300th anniversaries were celebrated throughout the Lutheran Church in the respective years. Our fathers have regarded it as a special intervention of God to save the Reformation from total collapse. In an article sketching the history of this Diet of Augsburg one of the early leaders of the Missouri Synod. F. C. D. Wyneken, calls the adoption of this peace treaty "the end of the Reformation, when, after a long struggle, by God's grace, the most valuable treasure of the church was attained: freedom" (Lutheraner, September 25, 1855 ).
Disciplines
History of Christianity
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Hoyer, Theodore
(1955)
"The Religious Peace of Augsburg,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 26, Article 65.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol26/iss1/65
