Martin Luther's Corruption Of The Church During The 1500s
During the 1400s and the 1500s many people tried to expose the church’s corruption and to make reforms. These reformers were usually persecuted by church officials and kings, some were even burned at the stake. One such reformer who both the pope and emperor Charles V tried to silence was Martin Luther In 1521, Martin Luther was summoned by emperor Charles V to the Diet of the Worms to face train for his attacks on the church. Before the Diet of the Worms, Luther lets it be known that he did write the books which attacks the church and that he stands by the words he wrote. He further expresses that everyone knew what he wrote to be true. Luther states, “even the pope’s bull” agrees with what he has written. He additionally accuses Rome