75-78 Introduction Meantime, the emperor had summoned Luther to appear at Worms*, before the imperial diet; and the two parties were now about to meet face to face. Another man of letters, Helius Eobanus Hessus, also urged Hutten to take up arms for Luther.
Protestantism in Ireland. Protestantism is a minority Christian denominational family on the island of Ireland. In the 2011 census of Northern Ireland, 48% (883,768) described themselves as Protestant, which was a decline of approximately 5% from the 2001 census. In the 2011 census of the Republic of Ireland, 2.92% of the population described themselves as Protestant.
The new President of the Methodist Church in Ireland is Rev. Aian Ferguson, who was installed in Carlisle Road on Friday evening, and has taken as his theme: âOne Lord-One Taskâ. He succeeds Rev. Roy Cooper, who returns to the Newtownards Circuit in Co Down.Rev. Ferguson and his wife Joan are both from Lisburn Road, and they have four children: Gillian, Peter, Stephen and Nicola.ight Rev. Ken Good and Rev. Peter Thompson from the Church of Ireland; Very Rev. Dr John Finlay and Mrs Ruby Miller from the Presbyterian Church; and Mrs Mary Crawford from the Religious Society of Friends, were the official observers.