Friday, May 25, 2007
This Day in the History of Missed Opportunities
On this day in 1521, the Edict of Worms was proclaimed, declaring Martin Luther a "criminal and permitted anyone to kill him without consequences." No one did, however, and the movement started by Luther (unnamed at that time) took root and flourished. Charles V, he of the big jaw, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, spared Luther to appease some powerful German princes who supported the anti-Catholic. The low point of the split in the Christian religion came in 1618 with the 30 Years War, when Europeans slaughtered each other just for being Catholic or Protestant.
Labels: Protestant History
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:45 AM 
