DSST Intro to World Religions Exam Prep

Answer: A - The right of a head of state to choose the religion that was practiced in his nation was first established by the Peace of Augsburg. The Peace of Augsburg was the agreement between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and an alliance of Lutheran princes in 1555 that established a legal recognition of two Christian religions in the Holy Roman Empire: Catholicism and Lutheranism. The agreement allowed the head of state in each nation to choose the official religion of the state, as long as it was one of those two faiths. In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia elaborated on the Peace of Augsburg and recognized Calvinism as another state option and protected the freedom of Christians of non-state denominations to practice in public (with limitations) and in private at will.