- Regensburg Interim
The Regensburg Interim (Interim of Ratisbon) was a temporary settlement of
1541 in matters of religion, entered into byEmperor Charles V with theProtestants .It was published at the conclusion of the
Imperial Diet , 29 July, 1541, known as the Diet of Ratisbon. It was based on the result of the previous conference between Catholics and Protestants, in which an agreement had been reached on the idea ofjustification and other points of doctrine. Consequently the imperial "recess" enacted:*that the adjustment of the religious question should be postponed until the next general council or imperial diet;
*that meanwhile the Protestants should not go beyond or against the articles agreed upon;
* that an ecclesiastical reform be inaugurated by theprelate s;
*that thePeace of Nuremberg (1532) should be maintained;
*thatmonasteries andchapter-houses should remain intact;
*that the ecclesiastics should retain their possessions;
*that the Protestants should not draw anyone to their side;
*that all judicial proceedings in matters of religion should be suspended; that the imperial court of justice ("Reichskammergericht ") should remain as before;
*and that therecess of Augsburg (1530) should remain in force.Owing to the opposition of the Protestants, Charles V in a secret declaration made concessions to them, which practically nullified the recess. The articles agreed upon were to be accepted in the sense of their theologians; the monasteries and chapter-houses might be called on to inaugurate a reform; the ecclesiastics, monasteries, and chapter-houses, that had embraced the
Confession of Augsburg , were to remain in the full possession of their property; the Protestants were not to compel the subjects of Catholic princes to embrace their faith, but if anyone came to them spontaneously, he was not to be hindered; the members of the imperial court of justice were not to be molested, if they turned Protestants; and the recess of Augsburg was to have force only in matters not appertaining to religion.ee also
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Augsburg Interim (1548)
*Leipzig Interim (1548)External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08077b.htm "Catholic Encyclopedia" article]
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