Thursday, March 10, 2011

As we have studied in class, Martin Luther was a man who disagreed with what was done by the Church at the time. A major aspect that he thought to be wrong was the sale of indulgences. Martin Luther took measures to make his thoughts known so as to promote a reformation. This was not well approved of by the Church officials, so he was called to a meeting. This meeting was titled the Diet of Worms since it took place in Worms, Germany. Here he was asked to rebuke what he had been saying. He refused and was later made to be an outlaw with the Edict of Worms, also based in Worms, Germany ("Luther at the...").

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