Term
Peace of Augsburg
A 1555 political settlement within the German Empire that recognized Lutheranism as a religion alongside Roman Catholicism.
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Definition
(1555) The political settlement within the German Empire of the religious issues raised by Protestant Reformation. It was concluded by September 25, 1555, and resulted in Lutheranism being recognized as a religion of the Empire alongside Roman Catholicism.
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- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 71Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 71.
Last revised August 14, 2026