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, Frankfurt am Main. It had about 84,646 inhabitants .
A pre-Roman foundation, Worms is one of the oldest cities in northern ...
with the objective of settling differences between
Protestant Reformers and
Catholics in Germany. It followed the unsuccessful
Colloquy of Hagenau in 1540.
Johann Eck represented the Catholics and
Philip Melanchthon represented the Protestants. The Colloquy reached an agreement on the doctrine of
original sin
Original sin () in Christian theology refers to the condition of sinfulness that all humans share, which is inherited from Adam and Eve due to the Fall of man, Fall, involving the loss of original righteousness and the distortion of the Image ...
, but it decided to end discussions due to the calling of the
Conference of Ratisbon.
References
Reformation in Germany
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