Augsburg Interim

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The Augsburg Interim was a temporary religious settlement issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1548 that sought to restore Catholic practices while granting limited concessions to Protestants after the Schmalkaldic War.

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Augsburg Interim canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial decree
legal instrument
religious settlement
aim provide temporary religious settlement after the Schmalkaldic War
reconcile Catholic and Protestant estates under imperial authority
restore Catholic practices in the Holy Roman Empire
appliesTo defeated Protestant estates
territories of the Holy Roman Empire
compromiseElement allowed some evangelical preaching under Catholic oversight
country Holy Roman Empire
criticizedBy Gnesio-Lutherans
Philip Melanchthon
surface form: Philipp Melanchthon
date 1548
endCause negotiations leading to the Peace of Augsburg
political resistance from Protestant princes
follows Schmalkaldic War
granted communion in both kinds to laity in some territories
limited concessions to Protestants
marriage of clergy in some cases
hasEffect intensified confessional tensions in the empire
provoked theological controversies among Lutherans
strengthened imperial control temporarily
historicalPeriod Reformation
post-Schmalkaldic War era
issuedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
language German
Latin
legalStatus temporary settlement
namedAfter Augsburg
opposedBy Lutheran princes
Maurice, Elector of Saxony
surface form: Maurice of Saxony

Protestant theologians
placeOfIssue Augsburg
promulgatedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Charles V
relatedEvent Council of Trent
religiousContext Catholicism
Lutheranism
required acceptance of most Catholic doctrines
recognition of papal authority in doctrine
restoration of traditional Catholic ceremonies
supersededBy Peace of Augsburg
supportedBy Catholic estates loyal to the emperor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Charles V
theologicalStance affirmed episcopal hierarchy
affirmed necessity of good works
affirmed seven sacraments
affirmed transubstantiation
typeOfLaw imperial religious ordinance
year 1548

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Imperial Diet significantEvent Augsburg Interim
Schmalkaldic War resultedIn Augsburg Interim
Diet of Augsburg followedBy Augsburg Interim
Battle of Mühlberg followedBy Augsburg Interim
Princes' War relatedTo Augsburg Interim