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5 days ago · Despite the edict, Luther was clandestinely protected by Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who had Luther taken to Wartburg Castle for his safety.During his stay at Wartburg, Luther translated the New Testament into German, further spreading his reformist ideas among the German-speaking populace and making the scriptures more accessible to the laity.
2 days ago · The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church. Towards the end of the Renaissance, the Reformation marked the ...
1 day ago · The emblem of the House of Ascania, a red eagle and bear, became the heraldic emblems of Berlin. In 1320, the Brandenburg Ascanian line came to an end. After the Emperor had deposed the Guelph rulers of Saxony in 1180, Ascanians returned to rule the Duchy of Saxony, which had been reduced to its eastern half by the Emperor.
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2 days ago · The fourth chapter of Lumen Gentium remains for us today a testament to Vatican II’s keen awareness of the essential role of the laity in the Church. Without confusing this role with the ...
2 days ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...
4 days ago · Notwithstanding the danger from the enemies of Gospel truth, of which Henry may have heard from the Elector of Saxony and the other princes, though Christian knows more than they do, the friends of the Gospel cannot err if they make peace among themselves; and if Henry be disposed for an alliance for mutual aid, will immediately respond.
5 days ago · June 1573, 1-15. June 3. 1013. The Duke of Chatelherault to H. Killegrew. Has directed the bearer, his bearer, his cousin and servant James Hamilton, to him fully instructed of his mind, whom it will please him to credit as himself.—Hamilton Castle, 3 June 1573. Signed. Add. Endd. P. ⅓. June 5. 1014.
