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Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms: Yoking Lutheranism to Secular Power

Kohn, Jarred Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe152544579683434

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2018, Master of Arts in Theology, Athenaeum of Ohio, School of Theology.
The Diet of Worms in 1521 would come to be a turning point for Western Christianity. Martin Luther denied any error existed in his teachings and he was supported in his ideas by the German princes. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V found Luther’s teachings to be contrary to the whole of Christian tradition and upheld Catholic teaching from the diet until his eventual abdication in 1555. As a result, Luther came to rely on the German princes to protect him from imperial and ecclesial censure. The princes desired to break free of imperial power and gain greater control over the Church in their own territories. They aided Luther in instituting his notion of reform and Luther in turn capitulated to some of the princes’ demands to maintain their favor. Luther became a means for the princes to circumvent imperial and ecclesial authority.
David J. Endres, Ph.D. (Advisor)
64 p.
Clergy; European History; History; Religious History; Theology
Martin Luther; Diet of Worms; Edict of Worms; Reformation; Holy Roman Empire

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  • Kohn, J. L. (2018). Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms: Yoking Lutheranism to Secular Power [Master's thesis, Athenaeum of Ohio]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe152544579683434

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kohn, Jarred. Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms: Yoking Lutheranism to Secular Power . 2018. Athenaeum of Ohio, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe152544579683434.

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  • Kohn, Jarred. "Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms: Yoking Lutheranism to Secular Power ." Master's thesis, Athenaeum of Ohio, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe152544579683434

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