One King One Faith Model

One king, one faith was the model of western Europe where the religion of the ruler should also be the religion of the people under the ruler. In the case of the Holy Roman Empire, the religion “should” have been Catholic if following the one king, one faith model. The problem with the one king, one faith model was that the political leaders of the day were emphatic in expressing intolerance of the religious practices of others. A prime example is Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, who once referred to the Protestant Reformation as an "evil movement which seduces the people with false doctrines and incites rebellion." Many political authorities saw the Reformation as a threat to law and order and their own power. Charles’ son, Philip II, King