Diet of Worms

(A.D. 1521) LutherMartin Luther (A.D. 1483–1546) German theologian, pastor, professor at the University of Wittenberg, ex-monk, and founding figure of Protestantism. ... more testified before the emperorRefers to the Emperor of the Roman Empire and its succeeding Byzantine Empire as well as the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, beginning with Charlemagn... more Charles V(A.D. 1500–1558) Charles V ruled over an extensive Empire, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Spain and it’s American territories, th... more (the Civil authority who could execute physical penalties for heresyComes from a Greek term meaning “sect,” and was used by the early Church theologians to identify doctrines that they rejected as not orthodox. The... more) at the Dietis a parliamentary proceeding of the Holy Roman Emperor and his princes to determine imperial edits. Diets were called irregularly. Some of the most i... more of WormsThe German city where Luther was tried during an imperial diet before the emperor Charles V as a heretic and where Luther refused to recant at which p... more in April and refused to retract any of his writings. He was condemned as a heretic in May. On his way home his supporter arranged for him to be kidnapped for his protection. He spent the rest of the year hiding in the castle at WartburgThe castle in German where Luther was taken after his kidnapping was staged while returning from the Diet of Worms. Luther wrote many formative works ... more while the church in WittenbergNorthern German town where Luther taught in its university from 1511 until his death and where the Protestant Reformation began and remained the cente... more began to implement reforms in the midst of great tumult. The Edict of Wormswas the imperial judgment rendered against Luther at the Diet of Worms condemning him to death as a heretic. Thereafter, it was a criminal act to assi... more was the imperial judgment rendered against LutherMartin Luther (A.D. 1483–1546) German theologian, pastor, professor at the University of Wittenberg, ex-monk, and founding figure of Protestantism. ... more at the Dietis a parliamentary proceeding of the Holy Roman Emperor and his princes to determine imperial edits. Diets were called irregularly. Some of the most i... more of WormsThe German city where Luther was tried during an imperial diet before the emperor Charles V as a heretic and where Luther refused to recant at which p... more condemning him to death as a heretic. Thereafter, it was a criminal act to assist LutherMartin Luther (A.D. 1483–1546) German theologian, pastor, professor at the University of Wittenberg, ex-monk, and founding figure of Protestantism. ... more.