AUGSBURG INTERIM

The 'Augsburg Interim' was an imperial decree ordered on May 15, 1548, at the Diet of Augsburg, after Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, defeated the forces of the Schmalkaldic League in the Schmalkaldic War, from 1546 to 1547. The document was written by three theologians: Johannes Agricola, Julius von Pflug, and Michael Helding. Although it ordered Protestants to readopt traditional Catholic beliefs and practices, including the seven Sacraments^[1], it allowed for Protestant clergymen the right to marry and for the laity to receive communion.^[2] This creed, a mixture of parts from two different confessions, turned out to be a failure, as it did not have the support of the Protestant leaders. As a result of the decree, many Protestant leaders, such as Martin Bucer, fled to England, where they would influence the English Reformation.

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Notes

1. Acton, et. al., p. 264.
2. Kagan, p. 367''

Sources

★ The Cambridge Modern History, , John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Acton, Macmillan & Co., ltd, 1904,

★ The Western Heritage: Since 1300, , Donald, Kagan, Prentice Hall Publishing, 2002,

★ A History of the Reformation, , Thomas M., Lindsay, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906,

★ The Age of the Reformation, , Henry Preserved, Smith, Henry Holt and Company, 1920,

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★ Information about the Augsburg Interim