In order to have a permanent administrative body, necessary during the long absences of the emperor, an Imperial Council of Regency was established and given a seat at Nuremberg.

[Sidenote: Council of Regency] The emperor nominated the president and four of the twenty-two other members; each of the six German electors nominated one member; six were chosen by the circles into which the Empire was divided and six were elected by the other estates.

The powers of the council were limited to the times when the emperor was away.
The third question treated by the Diet was the religious one.

As usual, they drew up a long list of grievances against the pope, to which many good Catholics in the assembly subscribed.

Next they considered what to do with Luther.