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... Spanish and Holy Roman lands. Calvinism was becoming increasingly popular in Holland and the Empire had even established a philosophy of cuius regio, eius religio, which allowed the ruler of each principality of the Empire to choose Lutheranism as the faith of those who he governed. Preoccupied with other affairs and not recognizing the future repercussions of his tolerance, Charles allowed such ... ...
... Catholic Church's most despicable practice (Daniel-Rops, 554). In the early sixteenth century, the Church was in shambles. Church officials were practicing pluralism, in which they held more than one ecclesiastical office at once, and required funding, which they acquired from selling indulgences; a practice fully endorsed and supported by Pope Leo X (History, 461). Somewhere within Luther's efforts to reform the Church ... ...
... his views; some people decided to burn the literature. The church did not like what they say Martin doing; therefore he was excommunicated. After Luther was excommunicated from the church, ecclesiastical authorities wanted the Royal Diet to decide what to do with Mr. Luther, so the authorities called the Diet of Worms. The event was held in the city of Worms ... ...
... in predestination, because God had the sort of power necessary to plan people's lives ahead of them. Calvinism also did not have a "priesthood of all believers". John Calvin created the Ecclesiastical Ordinances to establish an order of offices in his church. The pastors, teachers, elders and deacons were assigned respectively the tasks of preaching the Gospel, correctly instructing the faithful, maintaining ... ...
... and blood of Christ, this was called transubstantiation. While Protestants were taught that communion was symbolic, not to be taken literally, he called this consubstantiation. "Every encounter Luther had with ecclesiastical or political authorities attracted attention. Pulpits and printing presses spread his message all over Germany. By the time of his death, people of all social classes had become Lutheran." "Luther ... ...
... "papal dispensation", which means the Pope allowed the marriage to happen (Reformation, pg. 1). Since Catherine could not produce any male offspring, King Henry VIII claimed the "papal dispensation" went against ecclesiastical law and that the marriage was therefore invalid (Reformation, pg. 1). However, the Pope said the marriage was legal and did not annul it. At the same time this was happening ... ...
