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Question
Lutheran Church was the Protestant Church founded on the doctrines of Martin Luther. In this context describe:
Luther’s Excommunication by the Pope
Solution
His Excommunication:
Pope Leo X, declared Martin Luther as a heretic and sent a letter, warning him that he would be excommunicated from the Church. He defiantly burnt the Papal’s Bull of Excommunication in the presence of the public at Wittenberg on December 10, 1520, thereby making his revolt.
In 1521, Emperor Charles V summoned Luther to attend the Diet at Worms to answer charges leveled against him by the Pope. Though his friends and well-wishers persuaded him not/to attend, Luther appeared before the Diet to defy the Church. He boldly declared that he would not revoke any of his statements as his conscience “is taken captive by the word of God.” The Emperor issued the famous Edict of Worms, declaring Luther as a heretic and ordered for his arrest.
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