Section 11

The Thirty Years’ War

Catholics were eliminating the Protestants.

The situation was complicated by economic distress.

The renewing the vigor of the old church

Organized themselves into the Evangelical Union

Outbreak and course of the Way

In 1618, Protestant nobles flung Hapsburg regents out window, began open rebellion

All ecclesiastical property which Protestants had, in 1552 become the Catholics once more.

Victorious Catholics were divided by internal dissensions.

It was Richelieu who further dragged out the war.

Fixing of Religious Boundaries

The Peace of Westphalia, Oct. 27, 1648, affected religious boundaries.

A settlement which fixed the boundaries between Catholics and Protestants.

The Reformed were now officially tolerated along with the Lutherans.

Were to be permitted to conduct worship and educate their children in the religion of their parents

Religious Unity

David Pareus (1548-1622) proposed Protestants seek unity with the Roman Catholics.

Philip Jacob Spener (1635-1705) was to intent upon a moral and spiritual reformation.

Had an intense desire to spread the Christian faith throughtout the world.

Awakenings in Christianity, many fresh hymns issued