Simply because they were protestant, and the Holy Catholic Church wanted all of Europe to become Catholic once again.
The Roman Emperor went to war against the protestant German princes because they were protestant. They wanted all Catholic Church in Europe to become Catholic once again.
The Roman Emperor went to war against the protestant German princes because they were protestant. They wanted all Catholic Church in Europe to become Catholic once again.
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A group of German princes were protestant. The term Protestant originally referred to these German prince who were not loyal to the Pope.
Because several German princes were Protestant as well and opposed the Catholic Church.
The Peace of Augsburg ended a war between the supporters of Catholic and Protestant German princes.
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No. The Protestant Church was founded by Martin Luther, a German Priest in the 14th century after seeing too much corruption in the Medieval Catholic Church. The center of the Protestant was to Protest against the Protestant Church, hence the word "Protest" in Protestant.
A new emphasis on The Bible among Protestant Christians protestant churches where simpler, plainer and looked like shacks compared to catholic churches. religious wars broke out between catholic and Luthern princes. 30 years after the peace of Augsburg occurred. the bible was translated from Latin to German. southern Europe mostly catholic.
Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church had a very integral part in the governance structure within most of the "independent" states of Christendom. When Martin Luther began to argue for separation from the Church, the various German states which chose to either side with Protestants or Catholics to assert autonomy or unity with the Church. The political autonomy that these princes could have was very appealing. As a result, supporting Protestantism was an effective way of increasing the power of the local princes without appearing impious or self-aggrandizing.
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