Diet of Augsburg

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The Diet of Augsburg was a 1530 imperial assembly of the Holy Roman Empire convened by Emperor Charles V in the city of Augsburg, chiefly remembered for its central role in the early Reformation and the presentation of the Augsburg Confession.

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Diet of Augsburg canonical 3

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instanceOf imperial assembly
imperial diet
aimedTo settle religious disputes between Catholics and Protestants
attendedBy Catholic princes
Lutheran princes
imperial estates
authority Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
chronologicalPlacement early Reformation
cityRole Augsburg
surface form: Augsburg as Free Imperial City
concerns status of Lutheran territories within the empire
unity of Christendom against the Ottoman Empire
convenedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
country Holy Roman Empire
followedBy Augsburg Interim
hasDocument Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Augsburg Confession
Confutatio Pontificia
hasLanguage German
Latin
hasMainSubject Augsburg Confession
Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
hasParticipant Lutheran theologians
Philip Melanchthon
surface form: Philipp Melanchthon

papal legates
hasType religious-political assembly
hostedBy City Council of Augsburg
legalContext imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire
locatedInPresentDay Germany
location Augsburg
motivatedBy need to restore religious and political unity in the empire
partOf history of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalContext conflict between emperor and Protestant estates
precededBy earlier imperial diets on religious questions
religiousContext Reformation
religiousDenominationInvolved Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
resultedIn formal statement of Lutheran doctrine
significance key event in the institutionalization of Lutheranism
significantEvent presentation of the Augsburg Confession
startTime 1530
temporalContext 16th century

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Augsburg Confession placePresented Diet of Augsburg
Confutatio Pontificia event Diet of Augsburg
Justus Jonas participantIn Diet of Augsburg