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	Edict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An edict is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism.
		A French edict, of Finance Minister Colbert (17th century), was intended to improve the quality of cloth.
		This law declared that if a merchant's cloth was not found to be satisfactory, on three separate occasions; then, he was to be tied to a post, with the cloth attached to him.
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	Edict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edict of Worms (1521), by the Diet of Worms, with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V presiding.
		Edict of Fontainebleau (1685), by Louis XIV of France.
		Edict of Toleration (1839), by King Kamehameha III of Hawaii.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edict (388 words)

	Diet of Worms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Diet of 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.
		The Emperor issued the Edict of Worms on May 25, 1521, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic and banning his literature.
		The Papal nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo Aleandro, drew up and proposed the fierce denunciations of Luther that were embodied in the Edict of Worms, promulgated on May 25.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edict_of_Worms (762 words)

	Diet of Worms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The phrase ''Diet of Worms'' comes from the word Diet, which is from the Latin "dies" meaning "day" and Worms, which is the name of the place the meeting was held.
		The Edict of Worms was issued by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor on May 25, 1521 at Worms, at the end of the Diet of Worms.
		Luther was in fact granted free passage across the Holy Roman Empire and thus returned to Wittenberg where he was protected by the Elector Friedrich until 1522 when he felt compelled to return from his exile there to defend his views in the context of the revolution they had caused.
	www.infothis.com /find/Diet_of_Worms (562 words)

	HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH* (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The threatening invasion of the Turks, and the quarrel of the Emperor with the Pope, favored the Protestant cause, and inclined the Roman Catholic majority to forbearance.
		This important action was not meant to annul the Edict of Worms, and to be a permanent law of religious liberty, which gave to each member of the Diet the right to act as he pleased.
		It was, as indicated by the terms, only an armistice, or temporary suspension of the Edict of Worms till the meeting of a general council, and within the limits of obedience to the Catholic Emperor who had no idea of granting religious liberty, or even toleration, to Protestants.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/history/7_ch08.htm (3319 words)

	Martin Luther's Life: The Imperial Diet of Worms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Luther, who through the church's excommunication was practically declared a heretic, was invited to Worms by the Emperor who had been pressured by a few princes.
		The journey to Worms was more like a victory march; Luther was welcomed enthusiastically in all of the towns he went through.
		When Luther and the princes who supported him left Worms, the emperor imposed an Imperial Act (Wormser Edikt): Luther is declared an outlaw (he may be killed by anyone without threat of punishment).
	www.luther.de /en/worms.html (439 words)

	Martin Luther and Charles V - January 1996
		Charles set his brother Ferdinand in charge of the Diet at Spires in 1526 for the purpose of having the Edict of Worms executed, but the outcome was just the opposite, with every state being given the freedom to decide on religious matters within its borders.
		He could easily have carried out the Edict of Worms had the offenders been in Spain or Flanders, but in Germany, Charles must follow the constitutional forms he had agreed to, at his coronation as emperor.
		This thought was the worm at the root of the emperor’s glory.
	www.steps2life.org /php/view_article.php?article_id=202 (2431 words)

	Worms, Diet of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		At the Diet of Speyer in 1526, the Edict of Worms was suspended, pending a national council; in the interval it was ruled...
		Worms are so different from one another that zoologists do not classify them together in a single group; they place them in about a dozen different and often unrelated taxonomic groups called phyla.
		Acorn worms are soft-bodied invertebrates that live along the seashore and in water to depths of more than 3,200...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077510?tocId=9077510 (1029 words)

	Edict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An edict is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchymonarchism.
		A FranceFrench edict, of Jean-Baptiste ColbertFinance Minister Colbert (17th century), was intended to improve the quality of cloth.
		University of Idaho President Tim White is not violating academic freedom or free speech protections, as some critics charge, when he says the concept of âintelligent designâ will not be taught in the school's science classes.
	www.infothis.com /find/Edict (293 words)

	Lutheranism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		So instead, Luther was to be summoned to appear before the Diet of Worms, where he was to recant his ideas publicly.
		Luther had been granted a to travel to and from his trial, but remembering how a similar promise had been violated in the case of Jan Hus, Luther's supporters prevailed upon him to escape from Worms in the dark of night, before he too could be seized and executed.
		Shortly after Luther escaped, Charles V issued the Edict of Worms, which outlawed Luther and his followers, declared Luther and his followers heretics, and banned Luther's writings.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lutheran (3054 words)

	Martin Luther: The world in 1500 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Take for example, the Edict of Worms, which banned Luther from the Empire and declared him an outlaw wanted dead or alive, anyone could kill him without threat of prosecution.
		The implementation of this edict, which also tried to prevent any form of expansion of the Reformation, depended upon the consent of the princes.
		The Edict of Worms had to be executed by the Imperial Regiment, and since this did not happen, it got pushed from Imperial Diet to Imperial Diet and finally at the Imperial Diet in Spires (German: Speyer) it was decided to grant the enforcement of the edict to the sovereigns.
	www.luther.de /e/welt14.html (522 words)

	Diet of Speyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The major decision of this Diet was that, until a General Council could meet and settle the theological issues raised by Martin Luther, the Edict of Worms would not be enforced and each Prince could decide if Lutheran teachings and worship would be allowed in his territories (Cuius regio, eius religio).
		Ascendent Roman Catholic forces prevailed to reverse the policy of religous tolerance adopted in 1526.
		The Edict of Worms was to be enforced after all, without waiting for a General Council.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Diet_of_Speyer (235 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lorenzo Campeggio
		He also pleaded strongly for the extirpation of the Lutheran errors by the enforcement of the Edict of Worms.
		The members of the diet demanded that a national council should be held at Speyer, but he induced the emperor to veto this, on condition that a general council should be summoned at Trent.
		Moreover he obtained from Charles a promise that the Edict of Worms should be enforced.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03223a.htm (1356 words)

	Search Results for edict - Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was against this background of imperial administration and a changing socioeconomic framework that Asoka issued edicts that carried his message concerning the idea and practice of dhamma, the...
		E-text of this edict issued by emperor Valentian I in AD 445 upholding the primacy of the pope.
		Edicts issued by King Henry II in 1164, defining the relationship between the church and state in England.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=edict&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (399 words)

	1521 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding.
		May 25 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
		June 30 - - French forces under, exiled King of Navarre, are defeated by the Spanish and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1521 (444 words)

	Worms, Diet of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After disposing of other business, notably the question of the Reichsregiment, the diet took up the question of the recalcitrant behavior of Martin Luther.
		Charles was induced to summon Luther, who arrived at Worms under a safe-conduct on Apr. 16.
		He was formally declared an outlaw in the Edict of Worms (May 25); the lines of the Reformation were thereby hardened.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wo/Worms-Di.html (208 words)

	A Christian Witness to Roman Catholicism - Formidable Truth - A Vindication of Loraine Boettner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the spring of 1521, the Diet of Worms was assembled by Charles V. The issues ranged from the political to the religious.
		In the end, Charles V decided to defend the Roman Catholic religion against Martin Luther and the “Lutherans.” The Edict of Worms declared as outlaws both Luther and those adhering to his writings.
		It was to this second edict of Speyer that a coalition of German princes drew up a strong protest against the emperor of Germany.
	www.cwrc-rz.org /veritas.htm (878 words)

	DIET OF WORMS FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Although other issues were dealt with at the Diet of Worms, it is most memorable for addressing Martin_Luther and the effects on the Protestant_Reformation.
		The Emperor issued the Edict_of_Worms on May 25, 1521, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic and banning his literature.
		The Papal_nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo_Aleandro, drew up and proposed the fierce denunciations of Luther that were embodied in the Edict of Worms, promulgated on May_25.
	www.witwib.com /Diet_of_Worms (716 words)

	The History of Protestantism by J. A. Wylie
		The execution of the emperor's edict against Luther, with which they had been charged, must lie over till they had found means of compelling Soliman and his hordes to return to their own land.
		The Diet at Worms: the Wartburg: the funeral of a Pope: the eruption of the Turk: the war between France and Spain; and, last and worst of all, this outbreak at Wittenberg, which threatened ruin to that cause which was the one hope of a world menaced by so many dangers.
		Practically it was the repeal of the edict; for the majority of the States had declared that to enforce it was not possible.
	www.whatsaiththescripture.com /Voice/History.Protestant.v1.b9.html (15586 words)

	Luther and the Diet at Augsburg - February 1996
		During the journey it had been deemed best for Luther to stay at Elector John’s Castle of Coburg, rather than to be present at the Diet in person, since the Edict of Worms was still in effect.
		He told of the dangers presented by the Turks and then called for his hearers to execute the Edict of Worms.
		An edict was sent out allowing the Protestants till April 15th to be reconciled to the Pope and forbidding the circulation of their books or proselytizing and demanding that they help to reduce the Anabaptists and the Zwinglians.
	www.steps2life.org /php/view_article.php?article_id=192 (3227 words)

	The History of Protestantism - Volume First - Book Ninth - History of Protestantism From the Diet of Worms, 1521, to ...
		The States of the Empire, stricken with fear, hastily assembled at Nuremberg to concert measures for the defense of Christendom, and for the arresting of the victorious march of its terrible invader.
		At Worms was the crisis of the Reformer: at Wittenberg was the crisis of the Reformation.
		At Worms the vessel of Protestantism was in danger of being dashed upon the Scylla of Papal tyranny: at Wittenberg it was in jeopardy of being engulfed in the Charybdis of fanaticism.
	www.doctrine.org /history/HPv1b9.htm (15944 words)

	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frederick was Pope Leo X's candidate for Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, but helped secure the election of Charles V.
		Frederick secured an exemption from the Edict of Worms for Saxony, and ensured Luther would be heard before the Diet of Worms in 1521.
		He protected Luther from the Emperor and Pope by taking him into custody at Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Friedrich_III,_Elector_of_Saxony (251 words)

	Dictionary - Edict Edict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This Dhamma edict has been written on stone so that it might endure long and that my descendants might act in conformity with it.
		EDICT OF TOLERATION BY GALERIUS- 311 A. Modern History Sourcebook: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes,...
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	www.18things.com /edict (681 words)

	Raffaele De' Medici, 1477-1555; Letters, 1520, 1521 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the Diet of Worms, April 1521, he denounced Luther and convinced the Diet to condemn him.
		In the second letter, Aleandro writes that it was he who composed the Edict of Worms, which placed Luther under the ban of the Church and State.
		The third letter in, French, was written by Henry de Lesomet, from Worms, on 29 April 1521, and concerns the Court and the leave-taking of Martin Luther.
	www.pitts.emory.edu /archives/text/mss043.html (374 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Early Modern: Lecture Thirteen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Luther was notified of the summons by imperial messengers and returned to Worms with them protected by an imperial "safe conduct" pass.
		The entourage arrived in Worms on 16 April, and Frederick's advisors began at once to coach him on a strategy of delay in order to gain more exposure before the assembled diet.
		The Edict of Worms initiated enforcement of the papal bulls against Luther throughout the Empire, and ordered his books to be burned.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht34633e13.html (5979 words)

	The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Christian Cyclopedia
		At this diet, convened by Charles* V to devise means to defeat the Turks and to settle internal religious difficulties, the RCs acknowledged the need to reform the ch.
		, declared willingness to reform, and demanded enforcement of the Edict of Worms.* The diet refused to enforce the Edict of Worms, demanded a free council within a yr.
		and received official form at the 1518 Augsburg* Diet and were further crystallized as a result of the 1521 Diet of *Worms; they were presented at the 1522–23 Diet of Nürnberg) as the product of spiteful private individuals and advised enforcement of the Edict of Worms; political events prevented effective enforcement of the edict**.
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	Worms, Diet of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sett for starvation; Badgers desperate for food as the hot, dryweather kills off their staple diet of worms.
		We open can of worms by digging into song; Nobody likes me, everybody hates me Let's see what we can learn (about ditty).(NEWS)
		Germany launches five stamps, including stamp on 500th anniversary of the Diet of Worms.
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	Princes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Notwithstanding the Edict of Worms, declaring Luther to be an outlaw and forbidding the teaching or belief of his doctrines, religious toleration had thus far prevailed in the empire.
		Religious toleration had been legally established, and the evangelical states were resolved to oppose the infringement of their rights.
		Luther, being still under the ban imposed by the Edict of Worms, was not permitted to be present at Spires; but his place was supplied by his colaborers and the princes whom God had raised up to defend His cause in this emergency.
	www.666man.com /Princes.html (4103 words)

	Welcome to the Museum of Christian History & Library! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If it should hold the straight road, so unmistakably traced out; in the Edict of Worms, he would be spared the necessity of delivering the harsh message with which he had been charged; but if the Diet should stray in the direction of Wittenberg, then he would make known the emperor's commands.
		They knew that this strange league had "broken the bow" of the emperor, had weakened the hands of his friends in the Council; and that to press for the execution of the Edict of Worms would result only in damage to the man and the party in whose interests it had been framed.
		In the altered relations of the emperor to the Papacy, the Popish section of the Diet—among the more prominent of whom were the Dukes of Brunswick and Pomerania, Prince George of Saxony, and the Dukes of Bavaria— dared not come to an open rupture with the Reformers.
	www.linkedinchrist.com /diet1.html (1949 words)

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