The Peace of Augsburg
Lutheranism gained support, especially among middle class people in German-speaking cities. Church authorities responded to Lutheranism by excommunicating Martin Luther.
The largest bastions of Lutherans were in nothern German principalities and Scandinavia.
Martin Luther started the Reformation in 1517 German leader of the Protestant Revolution, founder of Lutheranism, Protestant theologian, was behind much of Protestant theology.
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The Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion for their territories. This agreement effectively ended the religious conflicts in Germany for a time, granting rulers more autonomy in matters of religion.
It allowed German Princes to choose between the two religions, Lutherism or Catholicism.
It allowed German Princes to choose between the two religions, Lutherism or Catholicism.
The Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555 to resolve religious conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire. It allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion of their territories, leading to a temporary period of religious toleration and ending the civil war between the Catholic and Protestant states.
The Peace of Augsburg, signed in 1555, established the principle of "cuius regio, eius religio" (whose realm, his religion) in the Holy Roman Empire. This allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion of their territory. The peace treaty aimed to end the religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in the Empire.
The German States, prior to unifying into the German Empire of 1871, were always religious states, choosing either Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, or Calvinism as an official state religion.
The Peace of Augsburg formally accepted the principle of "cuius regio, eius religio" (whose realm, his religion), allowing German princes to choose between Lutheranism and Catholicism as the official religion of their territory. It effectively ended the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire for a time.
Lutheranism gained support, especially among middle class people in German-speaking cities. Church authorities responded to Lutheranism by excommunicating Martin Luther.
Lutheranism's historical path can be traced down two main forks in the road: The undivided universal Church, as instituted by Jesus, underwent a split during which Western and Eastern Christianity divided. This is called the "Great Schism." Within the Western faction, Lutheranism and Roman Catholicism proved dogmatically irreconcilable. The two Churches remain distinct. Martin Luther is the 16th century German priestmonk and theologian who is the namesake of the Lutheran Church. So, the simplistic answer is: Lutheranism originated in Germany in the 1500's.
The primary religion is Germany is,was, and maybe still is Lutheranism but there are others as well.
The largest bastions of Lutherans were in nothern German principalities and Scandinavia.