Worms

The Diet of Worms

Reformation-Era Councils and Diets

The Diet of Worms, 1521: Luther before Charles V, drawn chiefly from Roland Bainton's Here I Stand — the two hearings, the request for a day's delay, the answer of 18 April, the committee that nearly broke him, and the Edict passed by a rump.

#Diet of Worms #Worms #Martin Luther #Germany #Frederick the Wise #Johann Eck

The Diets of Speyer

November 3, 2026 8 min read Reformation-Era Councils and Diets

The Diets of Speyer (1526 and 1529): the Word of the Lord endures forever, the recess that let each state answer to God, the Protestation that named the Protestants, and Calvin’s plea at Speyer in 1544.

#Diet of Speyer #Speyer #Martin Luther #Worms #Edict of Worms #Anabaptists #Charles V #John Calvin

Tyndale’s New Testament

By Manny Pereira Tyndale Bible

The story, Greek sources, theology, language, smuggling, and lasting influence of William Tyndale’s 1526 English New Testament.

#Bible #William Tyndale #England #Bible Translation #Martin Luther #Worms #Erasmus #Henry VIII