{"id":120,"date":"2009-03-21T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T13:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siegfriedhagl.com\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:22:10","slug":"die-neuzeit-beginnt-immer-noch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siegfriedhagl.com\/en\/memorial-days\/the-modern-day-still-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The modern era still begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Published in GralsWelt 37\/2005)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As of September 25, 2005:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The "Augsburg Religious Peace" was proclaimed 450 years ago - a first step towards a religious tolerance that we are still struggling over today.<\/p>\n

Von Historikern werden verschiedene wichtige Daten genannt, die den Beginn der Neuzeit kennzeichnen: Die Eroberung von Konstantinopel durch die T\u00fcrken (1453), die Reise des Columbus nach Mittelamerika im Jahre 1492 oder Martin Luthers 95 Thesen von 1517.<\/p>\n

Another event that marks the beginning of the modern age is generally less noticed: Exactly 450 years ago, on September 25, 1555, after lengthy, tough negotiations, the "Augsburg Religious Peace" was proclaimed. A first step towards religious tolerance, which we have still not fully realized worldwide to this day.<\/p>\n

It was a stalemate:<\/strong> The social groups were divided - imperial estates and churches fought with disagreement within their own ranks, which went as far as open betrayal. The "rebels in the church" - reformers like Martin Luther<\/em> (1483-1546), Johann Calvin<\/em> (1509-1564) or Ulrich Zwingli<\/em> (1484-1531) - had created new facts with their teachings: The religious unity was broken, the medieval empire with the "spiritual sword" of the church or the Pope and the "earthly sword" of the emperor no longer existed.<\/p>\n

One had to bow to these facts. And so the Reichstag, the assembly of electors, princes and imperial cities, now recognized the Protestant religion as well as the Catholic.
\nAt the same time one did not want to tolerate two religions side by side in the same city. But if you wanted to move to another city because of your religion, you should be allowed to move and sell your property unhindered: A first, hesitant step towards religious freedom!
\nThe previous heretic legislation, which originated in the Middle Ages, was thus outdated, and the Catholic Church saw its claim to sole agency being permanently called into question.<\/p>\n

Religious intolerance<\/strong> among the people, among Catholics as well as Protestants, was still in full swing. The \u201cAugsburg Compromise\u201d was a half-hearted agreement with which neither party was satisfied - but perhaps the utmost that was politically enforceable at the time.
\nThe unsatisfactory agreement could therefore not prevent political and religious tensions from escalating a generation later in a Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which brought terrible destruction but still no spiritual freedom.
\nEven after that, in the Age of Enlightenment, religious tolerance had to be fought for for a long time.<\/p>\n

And this tolerance, which would also be necessary on a global scale, has not yet been fully realized even in our present day.
\nWhat we need for a lasting religious peace is the courage to exercise spiritual freedom within ourselves and the courage to grant this freedom to others. Not what someone believes, but how he behaves must be the criterion for the limits of our tolerance.<\/p>\n

Literature:<\/strong>
\n(1) Hammer Wolfgang, we only have one Lord, Evang. Press Association for Bavaria, Munich 1955.
\n(2) Children Hermann \/ Hilgemann Werner, dtv-Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, Munich 2000.
\n(3) Pfeiffer Gerhard, Der Augsburger Religionsfriede und die Reichsst\u00e4dte, Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia, 61st volume, 1955.
\n(4) Simon Matthias, Der Augsburger Religionsfriede, Evang.-Luth. General Church Administration, Augsburg 1955.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Ver\u00f6ffentlicht in GralsWelt 37\/2005) Zum 25. September 2005: Vor 450 Jahren wurde der \u201eAugsburger Religionsfriede“ verk\u00fcndet – ein erster Schritt zu einer religi\u00f6sen Toleranz, um die wir heute nach wie vor ringen. Von Historikern werden verschiedene wichtige Daten genannt, die den Beginn der Neuzeit kennzeichnen: Die Eroberung von Konstantinopel durch die T\u00fcrken (1453), die Reise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gedenktage"],"yoast_head":"\nDie Neuzeit beginnt immer noch – SiegfriedHagl.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siegfriedhagl.com\/en\/memorial-days\/the-modern-day-still-begins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Die Neuzeit beginnt immer noch – SiegfriedHagl.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Ver\u00f6ffentlicht in GralsWelt 37\/2005) Zum 25. 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