The
Colloquy of Worms was the last
colloquyIn law, a colloquy is a routine, highly formalized conversation. Conversations among the judge and lawyers are colloquys...
in the 16th century on an imperial level, held in
WormsWorms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over title of "Oldest City in Germany"...
from Sep 11 to Oct 8, 1557. At the
Diet of AugsburgThe Diet of Augsburg were the meetings of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire in the German city of Augsburg. There were many such sessions, but the three meetings during the Reformation and the ensuing religious wars between the Catholic emperor Charles V and the Protestant Schmalkaldic League...
in 1555 it had been agreed that the dialog on controversial religious issues should be continued. A resolution was passed at
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in 1556, and the next colloquy took place in Worms in 1557. The Catholics Michael Helding,
John GropperJohann Gropper was a Roman Catholic church politician of the Reformation period.-Early life: follower of Erasmus:...
, and Peter Canisius met with the Protestants Philip Melanchthon,
Johannes BrenzJohann Brenz, the German theologian and Swabian Reformer, was born at Weil June 24, 1499; died at Stuttgart September 11, 1570.-Early Advocacy of the Reformation:...
and Erhard Schnepf.
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The
Colloquy of Worms was the last
colloquyIn law, a colloquy is a routine, highly formalized conversation. Conversations among the judge and lawyers are colloquys...
in the 16th century on an imperial level, held in
WormsWorms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over title of "Oldest City in Germany"...
from Sep 11 to Oct 8, 1557. At the
Diet of AugsburgThe Diet of Augsburg were the meetings of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire in the German city of Augsburg. There were many such sessions, but the three meetings during the Reformation and the ensuing religious wars between the Catholic emperor Charles V and the Protestant Schmalkaldic League...
in 1555 it had been agreed that the dialog on controversial religious issues should be continued. A resolution was passed at
RegensburgRegensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
in 1556, and the next colloquy took place in Worms in 1557. The Catholics Michael Helding,
John GropperJohann Gropper was a Roman Catholic church politician of the Reformation period.-Early life: follower of Erasmus:...
, and Peter Canisius met with the Protestants Philip Melanchthon,
Johannes BrenzJohann Brenz, the German theologian and Swabian Reformer, was born at Weil June 24, 1499; died at Stuttgart September 11, 1570.-Early Advocacy of the Reformation:...
and Erhard Schnepf. They first discussed the relation between the Bible and tradition. When Canisius alluded to differences among the Protestants themselves in their doctrine of original sin and justification, which they could not overcome, the meeting was dissolved.
Other participants present at this Colloquy included
Julius von PflugJulius von Pflug was the last Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Naumburg from 1542 until his death. He was one of the most significant reformers involved with the Protestant Reformation....
,
Kaspar Schwenkfeld von OssigCaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig was a German theologian, writer, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist, one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia....
, Johannes Pistorius,
François HotmanFrançois Hotman , was a French Protestant lawyer and writer, associated with the legal humanists and with the monarchomaques, who struggled against absolute monarchy. His first name is often written 'Francis' in English...
, and
Theodore BezaTheodore Beza was a French Protestant Christian theologian and scholar who played an important role in the early Reformation...
.