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 | | That decision reversed the decree of the First Diet of Speyer (1526) tolerating the reformed faith where it had taken hold, and prohibited the secularization of Church lands. |
 | | In the next Diet, at Augsburg in 1530, the Lutherans had to redefine their position theologically and, in the deteriorating political situation, to defend themselves by force of arms. |
 | | Today the word is loaded with sectarian overtones, and the original principles are forgotten, especially as Catholics who accept the position of Vatican II (1962-65) have adopted 'Protestant' positions, for example, over freedom of conscience or the centrality of the Bible, which must be in one's mother tongue. |
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