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The priests demanded that the states which

had accepted the Reformation submit

implicitly to Romish jurisdiction. The

Reformers, on the other hand, claimed the

liberty which had previously been granted.

They could not consent that Rome should

again bring under her control those states

that had with so great joy received the word

of God.

As a compromise it was finally proposed that

where the Reformation had not become

established, the Edict of Worms should be

rigorously enforced; and that “in those where

the people had deviated from it, and where

they could not conform to it without danger

of revolt, they should at least effect no new

reform, they should touch upon no

controverted point, they should not oppose

the celebration of the mass, they should