Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . CHARLES V, AND FERDINAND. CHAPTER XIII DIET OF RATISBON; CONTROVERSIES WITH THEJURISTS, EMPEROR, AND POPE THE Frankfort truce about to end, all eyes wereturned towards Hagenau, where another con-ference was to be held. Because of Melanchthonsdisablement, Luther remained at Eisenach, withineasy reach. The result was a reference of the ques-tions involved to a Diet to be held at Worms. Thisdiet, which met in January, 1541, promised import-ant gains for the Protestant side. The Electors ofBrandenburg and the Palatina
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . CHARLES V, AND FERDINAND. CHAPTER XIII DIET OF RATISBON; CONTROVERSIES WITH THEJURISTS, EMPEROR, AND POPE THE Frankfort truce about to end, all eyes wereturned towards Hagenau, where another con-ference was to be held. Because of Melanchthonsdisablement, Luther remained at Eisenach, withineasy reach. The result was a reference of the ques-tions involved to a Diet to be held at Worms. Thisdiet, which met in January, 1541, promised import-ant gains for the Protestant side. The Electors ofBrandenburg and the Palatinate had been added totheir ranks. The Electoral Archbishop of Colognewas preparing to take a similar step, while his col-league of Treves could not be regarded as an enemyof the evangelical faith. Eleven men had beenselected on each side as the commission to decidetheological questions. The change of the religionof their rulers transferred three from the Catholic tothe evangelical camp. But the deliberations had 338. DUKE MORITZ OF SAXONY. FROM A PAINTING BY CRANACH THE YOUNGER. 1545] Diet of Ratisbon 339 only fairly begun when they were postponed toanother diet to be held at Ratisbon (Regensburg).In the proceedings of this body a conciliatory spiritprevailed that framed a basis of union by the adop-tion of a formula that seemed to approach mostnearly the Lutheran position on justification, andwas yet susceptible of the opposite this result two men particularly co-operated,viz., Gropper, the theologian of the Archbishop ofCologne, who was inclined to the evangelicals, andMartin Bucer, the mouthpiece of the Landgrave,whose fears rendered him favourable to compromiseswith Rome which contrast strangely with his earlierradical tendencies. The imminent danger from theTurks made the Emperor anxious for a peaceablesolution of the difficulties. The decision reached concerning justification was that the sinner is justified by living and efficaciousfaith. Freely ack
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