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

was the fanatical men who carried it in the council.
Even the proposal of the middle party was rejected,
which was to leave the matter to the adjudication of
the emperor. That implied, the extreme men
argued, that there were two parties and two causes.
This was to misapprehend the matter wholly, said
they. There was but one party–the Empire–and but
one cause; for that of the Lutherans was rebellion,
and to be dealt with only by the sword.
But before unsheathing the sword, they would
first make trial with the pen. They would employ
violence with all the better grace afterwards. They
agreed that a Refutation of the Confession should
be drawn up.
Of course the theologians of the party were the
men who were looked to, to undertake this task–an
impossible one if the Bible was to count for
anything, but at Augsburg the Bible had about as
little standing as the Confession. Most of the
Popish princes had brought their divines and
learned men with them to the Diet. "Some," said
Jonas, "have brought their ignoramuses."
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