Roberts Liardon tells us that the papacy’s hatred for Luther continued to grow, and Emperor Charles V disliked him immensely after the Diet of Worms, though not for any particular conviction. It simply bothered him that one man should cause so much trouble for so many. Charles endeavored to enforce the Edict of Worms, but […]

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To come against Luther was to come against the people. And no secular or Church official in the country was willing to draw that kind of backlash against himself. Roberts Liardon tells us that Luther’s reforms included public care of the poor. At that time, begging was prohibited. Money that was previously used by the […]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that the sixty days passed, and Luther did not recant. Instead, he burned the bull along with the entire cannon law, which was the law governing the whole church from the beginning of Roman Catholic history! Some historians say that this bonfire, more than the posting of the Ninety-Five Theses, was […]

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But he couldn’t shake the image of a righteous God judging unrighteous men when it was impossible for them to be anything else. He knew God wanted justice, but even with this growing understanding of the love of God, the thought of justice made him tremble. Roberts Liardon says that it wasn’t until he studied […]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that in his quest for holiness, Luther’s works were more intense than the other monks’. He constantly returned to the Bible, searching for peace. Celebration of First Mass Ends in Defeat and Doubt The day came in 1507 when Luther was ordained at the age of twenty-five. He now qualified to […]

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