2007-01-15 12:57:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The peace of Augsburg of 1555 determined the principle of "cuius regio, eius religio" ("whose territory, his religion", or "in the Prince's land, the Prince's religion"), according to which the princes ruled which confession (Catholic or Protestant) the people in their territories should have.
2007-01-15 18:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not "allowed". German princes that chose did so most often according to the population of their respective Territory's. Others were mere opportunists seeking to remove the Roman yoke. This was in response to the power grab that the Catholic church made about 100 years prior. The Catholic Idea that their church had the power to dictate to princes in worldly affair what was not morale or spiritual (a rather new idea) was not very popular with those who's power had been usurped. Keep in mind that Gutenberg's press made the Bible available to more and more people that were perpetually becoming literate. Anyone that has read the Bible and become familiar with its doctrines will relies that it dose not teach the doctrines of the Catholic church in many areas which include the doctrine of salvation (How a person receives forgiveness from Christ and thus how to get to heaven-its not based on doing good things you know.) So in light of this I think the split was inevitable at some point.
2007-01-15 13:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Thirty Years War, and the subsequent Treaty of Westphalia.
2007-01-16 05:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luther and his buddy Guttenberg printed out bibles and could mass produce paper, no one else could, he converted them and won them over with the language of Germany instead of Latin, which most, including the pope, couldn't read
2007-01-15 13:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋