HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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The burned him for heresy
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They excommunicated him
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They made him a monk
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They ordered and forced him to make a public apology
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Detailed explanation-1: -Luther’s works were to be burned in public, and all Christians who owned, read, or published them faced automatic excommunication as well. Luther now had reason to fear for his life: the punishment for heresy was burning at the stake. Catholic Church, Pope Leo X.
Detailed explanation-2: -Luther, who by this time had gained the support of influential figures in Germany, defied the pope. Thus, Leo was left no alternative but to issue a papal bull (Decet Romanum Pontificem) of excommunication on January 3, 1521.
Detailed explanation-3: -Once he became convinced the document was indeed from the pope, he attacked it. In November, he published a treatise titled Assertion of All the Articles Wrongly Condemned in the Papal Bull, in which he defended his views-and called the Pope the Antichrist.