Term
Leipzig Interim
A 1548 religious settlement in Saxony that affirmed justification by faith while permitting certain traditional rites and vestments as nonessentials.
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Definition
A temporary religious settlement adopted by Saxony in December 1548. After Lutheran theologians rejected the Augsburg Interim, Melanchthon drafted a substitute affirming justification by faith but permitting Extreme Unction, Mass, vestments, images, festivals, and fasts as nonessentials (adiaphora).
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- Related to
- Augsburg InterimTerm
- See also
- Extreme UnctionTerm
Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 492Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 492.
Last revised August 14, 2026