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Carol asks…

Biblical literalists: Are you familiar with the Imperial Diet of Worms?

I certainly hope you are.

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Ginger – It is my great fear that if the religious fundamentalists get their way we will be sent 500 years back in to history and the lives of people who died defending freedom will have been lost in vain.

P.s. The landlord of The Thumbscrew and Rack has demanded you settle your outstanding tab which is now apparently several hundred pounds. I’m afraid he has declined your offer to “rock paper scissors him” for it.

Mandy asks…

Why was the Diet of Worms really important to Luther? What is the relationship between the Diet of the Worms?

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The Diet of Worms was where Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ordered Luther to recant his heretical views toward the Catholic Church. He truly broke away from the Church when he refused. And as a result, was excommunicated.

Mary asks…

Why do people consider Luther’s appearance at the diet of worms a turning point in world history?

It is an essay I have to do for history help would be nice 😀

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Because it was at the Diet of Worms that Luther renounced the authority of the Pope and, instead, claimed that God alone was who people answered to.
Before this, people thought that in order to communicate with God you had to go through a priest or the Pope. Luther changed this, and his beliefs basically started Protestantism.

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William asks…

Why was the Diet of Worms significant to the Reformation?

I know what it was, but why was it significant to the development of the Reformation? Thanks!!!

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It was at the Diet of Worms where Martin Luther was told to recant his blasphemy and reaffirm his loyalty to the Catholic Church. Neither one happened and the Reformation became widespread. Luther was excommunicated and went into hiding.

George asks…

Luther stood before Charles V at the Diet of Worms?

But Charles V was French? Diet Of Worms was in Germany. Was it that all of the leaders attended?

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Charles V was actually Flemish (modern Belgium) but spoke French primarily in his youth as was born in Ghent and raised in Brussels.

Charles also became the Holy Roman Emperor – basically the King of Germany. Every so often, usually with several years in between, the Emperor would call a Diet somewhere within the Empire in which he would meet with German princes and clergy and release laws (edicts), discuss foreign policy, etc.

Charles had become alarmed at the popularity and momentum of Luther’s teachings and many princes and clergy considered them heretical. He requested Luther’s attendance at a the Diet in Worms in 1521 and guaranteed him safe passage to come and defend himself in person against the claims of his enemies. Luther did show up and defended himself but Charles was not convinced of his arguments and released the Edict of Worms which was a new law forbidding the teaching of Luther’s doctrine within the Empire on pain of death. Some think that Charles planned on arresting Luther despite his promise of safe passage, as had been done with the similar case of Jan Huss of Bohemia roughly a century before. But Frederick the Elector of Saxony, was a staunch Lutheran and protected him and arranged his escape from Worms.

Michael asks…

What was the Diet of Worms, and what was its significance to the reformation?

can someone help me i need to know before october 27th at 8 am est

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Diet of Worms

The Diet of Worms (Reichstag zu Worms) was a general assembly (a Diet) of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a small town on the Rhine river located in what is now Germany. It was conducted from January 28 to May 25, 1521, with Emperor Charles V presiding. Although other issues were dealt with at the Diet of Worms, it is most memorable for addressing Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.

The previous year, Pope Leo X had issued Exsurge Domine, demanding that Luther retract 41 purported errors, some from his 95 theses criticising the Church, others from other writings and sayings attributed to him. Luther was summoned by the emperor to appear before the Imperial Diet. Prince Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, obtained an agreement that if Luther appeared he would be promised safe passage to and from the meeting. Such a guarantee was essential after the treatment of John Hus, who was tried and executed at the Council of Constance in 1415, despite a safe conduct pass.

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Mandy asks…

Why did Charles V want to meet Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms?

Does anybody know, why Charles V wanted to meet Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms??? I am through-rootin my text book and can’t find it, either bad text book, or rather bad searching skills…pls help me!

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The Diet of Worms was basically Charles (the CATHOLIC Holy Roman Emperor) giving Luther a chance to take back his writings that went against the church. When Luther refused, Charles issued an Edict declaring Luther an outlaw at which point Prince Frederick “kidnapped” Luther and hid secretly hid him from Imperial forces while Luther translated the Bible and Lutheranism continued to spread.

Donna asks…

What building was the Diet of Worms held in?

I know that the Diet of Worms was held in Worms, Germany, but in what building was it held in? The only reference I’ve found is “the hall.” Is this a town hall???

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Chris asks…

So in simple terms what was the Diet of Worms?

I know it involved martin luther and it was some kind of period. What did he have to do and what did it consist of?
Thanks but I already tried Wikipedia I was just looking for Diet of worms put into like 3 or 4 sentences. I still don’t understand what wikipedia says, but thanks.

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There’s a short-n-sweet explanation here, with links to lots more info if you want it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms
Hope it helps.

EDIT: okay, well I didn’t know you’d already looked at Wikipedia. Maybe you should have explained that in your question! 🙂

Anyway. Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic monk living in Germany in the 1500s. In 1517 he published a document called “The 95 Theses”, which described many of the problems he considered to exist in the Roman Catholic church at that time. This document became the one of the major foundations of “the Protestant Reformation” – the historical events that gave rise to the Protestant Churches, separate from the Church of Rome.

Worms is a city in Germany. The Emperor of Germany held a council in the city of Worms. These council meetings were called a “diet” because originally they lasted for one day (from the Latin word ‘dies’, meaning day).

At the Diet of Worms in 1521, the German Emperor, Charles V, issued an edict that said Martin Luther’s 95 These were wrong; and furthermore, that anyone who protected or supported Martin Luther would be breaking the law.

Germany at this time was ruled by many different princes, all nominally subject to the Emperor, but each prince ran his own principality as his own country. Some German princes were sympathetic to Luther and Protestantism, and some others were sympathetic to the Church of Rome and the edict put out by the Emperor.

So the effect of the edict announced at the Diet of Worms, was that all the German princes were forced to declare whether they stood in support of the Reformation, or against. The Reformation thus shifted from being a purely theological argument about religion, to being a political argument about who held power in the German states, and whether the princes were subject to the Emperor and the Pope. In turn, this lead to “The Peasants Revolt”, a civil war in Germany in 1524, and ultimately, to the 30 Years War from 1618 till 1648. The 30 Years War ended with the Treaty of Westphalia, which defined the whole global system of International Relations up until WWII.

In summary: the Diet of Worms was a council meeting of the Emperor and rulers of Germany, held in the City of Worms. At the Diet of Worms held in 1521, the Emperor made an edict, declaring it illegal to support or help Martin Luther. Luther was a monk who had criticised some aspects of the Roman Catholic Church. The effect of this edict was to divide the German princes, so that some supported Luther, while others supported the Church and the Emperor. This lead to several wars of religion, and eventually, established the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

I hope this helps.

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