From the Diet of Worms to the Augsburg Confession - James Aitken Wylie

that on one point only did they differ, and that all
were united in their repudiation and condemnation
of Rome.
Moreover, powerful princes were passing from
the Romanist to the Protestant side. The
Archbishop Hermann, Elector of Cologne, the
Count Palatine Frederick, Duke Eric of Brunswick-
Luneburg, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg, and the
Dukes of Pomerania were gained to the truth, and
their accession wellnigh doubled the political
strength of the Reformation.
These trophies of the power of the Confession
were viewed as pledges of more numerous
conversions to be effected in time to come. Nor
were these hopes disappointed. The Confession
was translated into most of the languages of
Europe, and circulated in the various countries; the
misrepresentations and calumnies which had
obscured and distorted the cause were cleared
away; and Protestantism began to be hailed as a
movement bringing with it renovation to the soul
and new life to States.
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