HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Europeans were afraid to challenge the Church.
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Europeans shunned him and his teachings
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His ideas spread to southern Europe and Africa.
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His followers separated from the Church and formed a new Protestant church.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In debates with the formidable theologian Johannes Eck, Luther stood his ground in what was interpreted as a direct challenge to papal authority. Eck was later instrumental in urging Pope Leo to issue the papal bull, or edict, condemning Luther’s views as heresy and threatening him with excommunication.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over the next few years, however, his Ninety-Five Theses sparked a religious movement to reform the Catholic Church. Because the reformers were protesting against what they felt to be the abuses of the Catholic Church, they came to be known as Protestants.
Detailed explanation-3: -In response to Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, as well as his other works, Pope Leo X sent a papal bull threatening him with excommunication in June 1520. Luther publicly burned the bull at Wittenberg on 10 December 1520 and was officially excommunicated in January 1521.