Passage: After the death of Martin Luther in 1546, the Schmalkaldic War started out as a conflict between two German Lutheran rulers in 1547. Soon, Holy Roman Imperial forces joined the battle and conquered the members of the Schmalkaldic League, oppressing and exiling many German Lutherans as they enforced the terms of the Augsburg Interim. Religious freedom was secured for Lutherans through the Peace of Passau in 1552, and under the Cuius regio, eius religio  and Declaratio Ferdinandei  clauses of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. Religious disputes between the Crypto-Calvinists, Philippists, Sacramentarians, Ubiquitarians and Gnesio-Lutherans raged within Lutheranism during the middle of the 16th century. This finally ended with the resolution of the issues in the Formula of Concord. Large numbers of politically and religiously influential leaders met together, debated, and resolved these topics on the basis of Scripture, resulting in the Formula, which over 8,000 leaders signed. The Book of Concord replaced earlier, incomplete collections of doctrine, unifying all German Lutherans with identical doctrine and beginning the period of Lutheran Orthodoxy.
Disputes between how many groups affected Lutheranism in the middle of the 16th century? How many years after the death of Martin Luther did the Schmalkaldic War begin? How many years after the death of Martin Luther did the Schmalkaldic War start out as a conflict between two German Lutheran rulers? How many years after the death of Martin Luther did the Schmalkaldic War start? How many years passed between the Peace of Passau and the Peace of Augsburg? How many years were between the Peace of Passau and the Peace of Augsburg? The book of the concord accomplished what? What happened first: death of Martin Luther or the Peace of Passau? What happened second: death of Martin Luther or the Peace of Passau? Which came first, the Formula of Concord, or the Book of Concord? Which happened first, the Schmalkaldic War, or the death of Martin Luther? Which occurred first, the Peace of Passau or the Peace of Augsburg? Which was signed first, the Peace of Passau or the Peace of Augsburg?