europe notes

• luther's ideas are becoming popular so the church criticizes him and his "heretical" ideas
• luter suggests Christians drive the pope from the church by force
• in 1520 pope Leo X issues a decree threatening Luther with excommunication unless he takes back his statements
• Luther before a cheering crowd of his Wittenberg students throws the pope's decree into a bonfire
• Pope Leo X excommunicates Luther 
• holy roman emperor Charles V is a devout Christian who wants Luther to recant
• Luther refuses so Charles orders Luther put "on trial" at the diet of worms
• diet: assembly or convention
• worms: city in Germany
• because of his lack of repentance Luther is declared an outlaw and heretic
• luter escapes from worms
• he is to be arrested on sight
• it is a crime for anyone in the empire to give Luther food or shelter
• his writings were banned and books were burned
• anyone is permitted to kill luter without legal consequences
• Prince Frederick helps him
• Luther returns to Wittenberg
• many of his ideas are being put into practice
• some followers formed a separate religion
• some princes still loyal to the pope
• some princes supported Luther
• protestants were applied to Christians who belonged to non-catholic churches
• Catholic means universal or whole