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.
-Northern Ireland is part of the UK and largely Protestant. The rest is the Republic of Ireland and mostly Catholic. -In modern times, until 1922 the Republic and Northern Ireland were both part of the United Kingdom. -In 1922, after a rebellion, the mainly Catholic southern counties separated off to become the independent Republic.