The Colloquy of Worms or Conference of Worms (1540–1541) was a meeting held in
Worms, Germany
Worms () is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main. It had about 82,000 inhabitants .
A pre-Roman foundation, Worms is one of the oldest cities in northern Europe. It wa ...
with the objective of settling differences between
Protestant Reformers and
Catholics in Germany. It followed the unsuccessful
Colloquy of Hagenau in 1540.
Johann Eck
Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the counter-reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important int ...
represented the Catholics and
Philip Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...
represented the Protestants. The Colloquy reached an agreement on the doctrine of
original sin, but it decided to end discussions due to the calling of the
Conference of Ratisbon.
References
Reformation in Germany
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