ernest settled permanently in glatz in 1556. he did not resume hist former economic and business activities. although he no longer held an ecclesiastical office, he committed himself to the counter reformation and in 1558, he and emperor ferdinand i, called a synod. the primary aim of this synod was to test the beliefs of the clergy. a questionnaire had been developed by the cistercian abbots john of grüssau and leonhard of fürstenfeld.