Western Civilization I / Unit 15 WC1 1405 short lesson, about 20 seconds
From Leipzig to Worms: The Priesthood of All Believers
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The idea
At Leipzig in fifteen nineteen, a witness name, Eck forced Luther to admit the pope could err, so pope and Church were irrelevant to salvation: the priesthood of all believers. At Worms in fifteen twenty-one Charles V demanded recantation; Luther refused and was outlawed.
In practice
No penalty for his murder.
Where people slip
The break came by logic under questioning, not by plan.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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