The ' ( ecclesiastical reservation ) was a measure inserted into the Peace of Augsburg of 1555 to balance Cause_change_of_strength the principal proviso of ' in ecclesiastical lands .

In the hereditary dynastic lands , such as those governed Control by a prince or a duke , the principle of `` '' ( Latin : whose land , his religion ) provided Supply that the religion of the people would be the same as that of the territorial ruler .

If this same principle were applied Using in ecclesiastical lands , such as those ruled Legal_rulings by a prince-bishop or an abbot , the conversion of an incumbent to Lutheranism would convert Change the entire principality to Protestantism .

Territory regarded Statement by the Jewish people as their ancestral homeland is at the same time regarded Statement by the Pan-Arab movement as historically and currently belonging to the Arab Palestinians , and in the Pan-Islamic context , as Muslim lands .