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Interim of Augsburg
(The). A Concordat drawn up by Charles Quint in 1548 to
allay the religious turmoil of Germany. It was a provisional
arrangement to be in force till some definite decision could be
pronounced by the General Council to be held at Trent. The authors of
this instrument were J. Pflug (Bishop of Naumburg), Michael Holding
(titular Bishop of Sidon), and John Agricola (a priest of Brandenburg).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Interim of Augsburg from Infoplease:
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