against the Anhalt Chancellery.

(both Lutheran as well as Calvinist—since in the Lower and Upper Palatinate the former are more numerous than the latter) should be rooted out: Indeed, from the aforementioned letter of Cardinal Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (1595–1632), the nephew of Pope Gregory XV and a key architect of Papal policy. even more can be inferred: namely, that no part of the land should be restored to the children of the Prince-Elector Palatine—of whom there are currently five living, and more are expected—unless they are raised Catholic.

Concerning the other goal scopo original Latin/Italian: "scopo"—that the majesty of the House of Austria and, at the same time, the permanent succession to the Imperial throne Keyserthumb should be maintained—more shall be reported hereafter. For now, it is enough that, for the reasons stated, it can be seen more clearly than in a mirror that the primary objective principaliter concerns religion. Thus, it is about the long-pursued and practiced implementation execution of the Council of Trent The Council of Trent (1545–1563) was the definitive ecclesiastical response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation. (against which, according to Jesuit teaching, no religious peace, no oath, nor any promise is valid or binding). Specifically, the intention is not only to reintroduce the wretched Papacy into the Electoral Palatinate—both on the Rhine The Lower Palatinate. and in Bavaria Referring to the Upper Palatinate, which was then occupied by Bavarian forces.—where Jesuits and monks have already begun to play the master and hold the idolatrous Mass; it is also to do so gradually in neighboring and other lands. Indeed, if four Catholic votes vota are thereby established in the Electoral College The body of princes who elected the Holy Roman Emperor. A majority of four out of seven would guarantee a Catholic Emperor in perpetuity. during Imperial and other assemblies, then not only would the Imperial title remain forever in perpetuum in Catholic hands, but also in matters regarding the Religious Peace The Peace of Augsburg (1555), which established the legal basis for the coexistence of Catholicism and Lutheranism in the Empire., the interpretation of which...